STANDISH DEFENDS CLANDESTINE MEETING THE TOWN RESPONDS TO THE BLETHEN MAINE NEWSPAPERS' LAWSUIT OVER A MEETING THAT LED TO THE TOWN MANAGER'S BUYOUT. From: Portland Press Herald (Maine) | Date: April 15, 1999| Author: By PETER POCHNA Staff Writer | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Portland Press Herald (Maine)

04-15-1999

LOCAL & STATE
Standish's legal battle with Blethen Maine Newspapers heated up Wednesday
when the town filed documents in court defending the buyout of Town Manager
Scott Cole's contract.
The 17-page filing comes in response to a lawsuit that claims the town
violated the state Freedom of Access law when town councilors met privately to
hear employees gripe about Cole.
Two weeks after the privat...

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