By George Brennan, reporter, The Cape Cod Times, Barnstable, Mass. When is a finalist a finalist? The Massachusetts Gaming Commission says candidates for the panel’s executive director position are not technically finalists until background checks are completed. The Cape Cod Times is challenging the commission’s refusal to release the names of candidates undergoing those background [...]
Illegal vote over Sandwich, Mass. school chief contract leaves mess
By Paul Provonost, editor, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass. Things weren’t looking good for Mary Ellen Johnson’s future with the Sandwich school department. Johnson had been the superintendent for three rocky years. And almost since the day she arrived, the schools were divided over their lightning-rod leader, with everyone from rank-and-file teachers to elected school [...]
