by Aaron Nicodemus | published in Telegram & Gazette WORCESTER — Princeton Fire Chief David F. Cobb — the town’s first full-time fire chief and its fire department’s only full-time employee — was arraigned this morning on two drug charges in Worcester District Court for allegedly stealing narcotics from the town’s ambulance. Chief Cobb, 45, of 100 Cutler Rd., in the Jefferson section of Holden,
Thomas Crippen, a Hudson police sergeant whose promotion to lieutenant was denied in a split vote by selectmen July 9, has appealed the decision to the state Civil Service Commission. The appeal, filed for Crippen by lawyer Andrew Gambaccini and sent to the town Sept. 6, says the three selectmen who voted against Crippen’s promotion — the board’s chairman, James Vereault, and members Charles P.
Jeff Malachowski | The MetroWest Daily News HUDSON — Two months after selectmen denied Police Sgt. Thomas Crippen’s promotion to lieutenant during a heated board meeting, Crippen has filed an appeal with the state Civil Service Commission. Despite scoring an 88 on the Civil Service exam and being the highest-scoring candidate for the lieutenant’s job, board members rejected Crippen’s promotion in early July. Selectmen Joseph
By Laura Fedak Pedulli | SouthCoastToday.com WAREHAM — Two defamation lawsuits brought by Wareham Police Officer Charles Pillsbury against former Selectmen Bruce Sauvageau and Brenda Eckstrom will go to trial, his lawyer said. Pillsbury and his wife Cara had filed a lawsuit against Sauvageau for comments made four years ago during a public meeting. A similar lawsuit against Eckstrom is under way and is expected
Jaime Rebhan | Wareham Week A defamation lawsuit against two former Selectmen is heading to trial. Wareham Police Officer Charles H. Pillsbury, IV, and his wife, Cara Pillsbury, filled a lawsuit against former-Selectmen Bruce Sauvageau and Brenda Eckstrom in 2010 for comments each made during September 2008 and June 2009 Selectmen’s meetings. The Pillsburys’ lawyer, Andrew J. Gambaccini of Worcester-based Reardon, Joyce & Akerson, argues
Brian Messenger | Eagle Tribune The city is not expected to appeal a recent judge’s decision to uphold the Civil Service Commission ruling that reinstated Joseph Solomon as police chief two years ago. City Council Chairman Jennifer Kannan said she met with Mayor Stephen Zanni and City Solicitor Peter McQuillan yesterday to discuss the decision, which was issued Thursday by Lawrence Superior Court Judge Robert
By Bill Kirk | Eagle Tribune A Superior Court judge denied the city’s appeal of a Civil Service Commission ruling which reinstated Joseph Solomon as police chief. Lawrence Superior Court Judge Robert Cornetta issued his ruling Thursday afternoon in which he said the city had not proven its case that the commission made errors in its original ruling and had overstepped its authority. It is
By Brian Messenger | Eagle-Tribune A judge yesterday heard two starkly different takes on the state Civil Service Commission decision that cleared Joseph Solomon’s return as Methuen police chief in 2010. A lawyer for Solomon argued the decision to reduce his firing to a one-year suspension without pay is “bulletproof” and dismissed the city’s appeal as a waste of time. But City Solicitor Peter McQuillan
Steve Urbon | SouthCoastToday WAREHAM — Detective Lt. Donald Bliss has filed suit in U.S. District Court against an array of town officials and one private citizen, seeking unspecified damages for allegedly orchestrating his unjustified firing in February 2009 and ruining his life and the life of his family. Bliss won a unanimous Civil Service Commission ruling last May, getting his job back along with
Jaime Rebhan | Wareham Week Wareham Police Lieutenant Donald Bliss, who was fired in 2009 and reinstated last year by the state Civil Service Commission, has named the town, former interim Town Administrator John Sanguinet, a former Board of Selectmen, and a Wareham resident in a federal lawsuit for their alleged roles in his termination. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court on January 20 by
