Lawrence Public Schools has announced Former Malden Public Schools Superintendent, Ligia Noriega-Murphy as a finalist in their own Superintendent Search. OpenCommonwealth calls on the stakeholders in Lawrence to ask the long-standing question: Is Ligia Noriega-Murphy a Doctor or not? Many in Malden remember this past term of their Superintendent as a tumultious term. Dr. Noriega-Murphy […]
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Salem Public Schools Releases Antonietta (‘Toni’) Mertz documents.
Ms. Mertz emailed Salem Officials every day of the week except Saturdays and most emails were sent during business hours. More records are due to OpenCommonwealth, and we are pursuing them. All of the records can be viewed here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/x1s1nmv8gr8lmsfmxk4im/AKeeN8EHHUJmCbdmLt-PmaQ?rlkey=d1yvruk2mjhu0wlscn2fr8kq4&dl=0
Follow the money…
Mayor, would you please enlighten us? What exactly do you know about Antonietta (‘Toni’) Mertz?
In yet another attempt to break the deafening silence coming from Malden City Hall, Malden News Network has published an open letter to the Mayor, Gary Christenson; again requesting for Comment/Context/Corrections to the plethora of news regarding Antonietta (‘Toni’) Mertz, her outside employment arrangements during her tenure, and the alleged acts of nepotism in hiring […]
Right to Petition Essex Massachusetts?
Essex Massachusetts @EssexTownClerk is preventing public records requests and other email to be sent to their town clerk. This is unacceptable, it is misuse of publicly funded resources (Electronic Mail), and prevents citizens from petitioning their government and other first amendment rights
Follow the Money…
Is it Nepotism?
Did Antonietta (‘Toni’) Mertz hire a family member to work at the Malden Public Schools? Were they qualified for the position? Did they report to her? OpenCommonwealth is working to find out…
Bedford Releases additional 690 records. Antonietta ‘Toni’ Mertz has worked there from at least January 2021 through at least April 4, 2024. More to come.
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Bedford Releases first set of Antonietta (‘Toni’) Mertz Documents…
This release of documents is the first of what the town describes as “…large amount of electronic documents.” The release to date, including the towns responses can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/r1gq1luww26390srcnzhp/ACkcTuxmANM2tf8cIyqX-zI?rlkey=0eeei2nm9y83mdpol2khos2l4&dl=0 We will continue to update the documents received in the same location.