Investigator: Port library volunteers defamed by city officials

Investigator: Port library volunteers defamed by city officials

NEWBURYPORT — A special investigator hired by the city to look into allegations of bullying and harassment in the public library's archival center in 2023 recently determined volunteers who helped run it, as well as patrons, were "unfairly dismissed and…

NEWBURYPORT: Fighting in the Library Stacks

NEWBURYPORT – It may seem a little surreal to have library employees and volunteers battling for the right to reshelve books and materials.  But that was what was happening until the volunteer program was stopped two years ago. Now, Melissa Murray, a partner in the law firm of Norris, Murray & Peloquin in Norwood, has concluded from her investigation that the volunteers were defamed as well as dismissed. The Newburyport City Council last week in…