By now, anyone living on the North Shore that has a pulse has likely heard about the letter of reprimand handed down to the Hamilton Board of Selectmen by Assistant District Attorney Grimes for violations of the Open Meeting rules. The news broke in two separate front page articles in the Salem News, followed by an editorial in the same paper a day later.That's a lot of press for a small town, but then Hamilton has had more than its share of front page breaking news over the past year. Unfortunately, most of it has been unflattering.
So much has been written in the "Comments" section of the online versions of the three articles mentioned above that this writer feels there is little to add. Instead, I offer the following links to the articles for you to review and form your own opinion of the issue:
In the order in which they were published:
- http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_005222435.html
- http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_007001645.html
- http://www.salemnews.com/puopinion/local_story_007234327.html
And if you'd like to read another local blogger's take on the issue:
Let's all hope that we can keep our small town out of the headlines for awhile.
Even a week would be nice!
Uh oh!...We did not escape for even a week! Here's what was on the front page of the Salem News on January 12th:
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