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FALL RIVER – Fall River Schools Superintendent Matthew Malone said he has no plans of resigning after the Fall River City Council this week overwhelmingly passed a “no confidence” vote, and called on him to step down. Malone, who has been under fire over allegations that he harassed his central office staff and used demeaning language, struck a defiant tone, saying he was “disappointed” in the city council s vote, which he called “a distraction from the important work” of education. “I have important work to lead under the governance of the school committee and I invite the Fall River City Council members to join us in building the best urban school system in Massachusetts and delivering on the promise for a better future in Fall River,” Malone said in a prepared statement. ....
City Councilors Shawn Cadime and Michelle Dionne sponsored the resolution. City Council leadership has called for Malone’s resignation in the press and on social media after emails were leaked from a former School Department administrator and staff containing damning accusations regarding Malone’s behavior toward subordinates. The existence of a $25,000 report on an investigation into allegations by current and former staff regarding Malone’s alleged abusive behavior surfaced in early January, which the School Committee has refused to release. In November during executive session a majority of the school board voted to retain Malone’s employment and docked him a month’s pay in his annual salary in January. ....
FALL RIVER Fall River has an abundance of stately homes, and now the world knows it. Well, maybe not the whole world, but thanks to a Tweet from B.M.C. Durfee High grad Hunter Reis, showing the difference between a $1 million home in Fall River vs. a $1 million home in Los Angeles, Fall River is trending on Twitter. The house Reis used for reference is the Nathan Durfee house at 503 Highland Ave. You can t miss the sprawling, English manor style home, just a few doors down from Charlton Memorial Hospital. According to the real estate listing, the home was built by Nathan Durfee from 1928 to 1930. The six bedroom, six and a half bath home boasts special details like English grapevine crown molding, detailed oak panel wainscoting, a billiard room, and fairy tale etched stained glass throughout, provides an elegant whimsy with scenes from classic writers such as Charles Perrault. ....