SCITUATE – Two incumbents on the Scituate Town Council are not seeking re-election this year, with one Democrat to face seven Republicans and one independent in the race.
SCITUATE – Police Station Building Committee member Al Durand is accusing the Town Council of overspending on legal fees related to performance bonds on the Scituate Police Station project, only
2/3/2021
Fined $1,250 and barred from future police details
SCITUATE – Town Councilor James Brady must pay a civil penalty of $1,250 for violating Rhode Island Ethics law and a previous opinion and may no longer work police details during his time on the council.
Rhode Island Ethics Commission prosecutor Katherine D’Arezzo found that Brady violated ethics law when he questioned former Scituate Police Chief Donald Delaere about a July 2019 police detail while serving as Scituate Town Council president.
In the July 2019 email to Delaere, Brady asked why an out-of-town officer worked a detail “when all retired officers were not first asked.” Brady said he was not offered the July 2019 detail.
12/30/2020
Scituate feels deep impact of pandemic
Ten-month-old Livia Laprade, of Scituate, saw her first Christmas tree while being carried by her sister Jillian, 8, and accompanied by her other sister Margo, 5. The Festival of Trees surrounded the Gazebo in North Scituate as part of Christmas in the Village on Friday, Dec. 4. (Breeze File photo by Charles Lawrence)
SCITUATE – The first move the town made to lessen the impact of the pandemic this year was to protect seniors, its most vulnerable population, by closing the senior center, ramping up meal delivery services and making frequent check-ins with the elderly community.
Scituate is in the lower tier for its COVID-19 test-positive rate, at 9 percent, with 443 residents testing positive of 5,171 residents tested. Those tested this year represent 49 percent of the population of 10,603.