A few months ago, a mayor in Massachusetts was relishing a rare victory over a newspaper for its years of personal attacks
Massachusetts Mayor Carlo DeMaria, who previously shut down the Everett Leader Herald for libelous reporting, faces renewed corruption allegations regarding bonus payments that inflated his salary. The state is urging the City Council to act on these allegations, which surfaced after the Leader Herald questioned the legality of the payments. DeMaria denies wrongdoing and attributes the newspaper's attacks to a personal vendetta.
