Laurie Ortolano of Nashua, who has waged an unrelenting battle with city officials over public access and records, is this year’s Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications First Amendment Award
The Office of the Right to Know Ombudsman is meant as an alternative to a lawsuit for people dissatisfied with a public body’s response to a right-to-know request.
In his first several weeks, the state’s right-to-know ombudsman has received five complaints against state and local public agencies.Ombudsman Thomas Kehr, who began in January, said the Milford and Newbury town offices and the state Department of.