BRENTWOOD The Brentwood Newsletter remained shuttered this week as townspeople continued to grapple with allegations of racism and the New Hampshire ACLU requested records of all town correspondence regarding the free community publication.
The website for the monthly publication run by volunteers is locked and password-protected, and no April edition has appeared in the town s mailboxes or email inboxes.
The publication has been under fire after it ran a piece in the March edition written by community member Richard Gagnon titled Racism: From a White Man s Perspective. The article criticized Black Lives Matter and questioned whether systemic racism exists.
The article was labeled an editorial rather than an op-ed or opinion piece, and several residents alleged that since the newsletter received town funding, the article would give an impression of Brentwood as racist. Community members have since called for a range of options, from stricter editorial supervision
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