A local access operation sues town officials in Stoughton, Mass., over alleged abusive behavior

A local access operation sues town officials in Stoughton, Mass., over alleged abusive behavior

Stoughton Square in 1908 If you page through the Facebook feed of the Stoughton Media Access Corp., you’ll find the sort of fare that is typical of local access — a guide to Boston’s best museums, the town election, Town-Wide Cleanup Day and the like. What you won’t find is any sign of a lawsuit the access group has filed against the town and three of its officials charging them with civil-rights violations and defamation, among other things. Yo…

In civil-rights and defamation suit, Stoughton public-access station charges town officials with harassment and intimidation over local political issue

The non-profit that runs Stoughton's public-access cable channels today sued the town, the town manager and two select-board members, charging they are trying to intimidate and harass the volunteers who run the station - and even wrest control of the station - in an increasingly vitriolic, long running spat that now focuses on a controversy a proposal to build a new elementary school.