Cable review board adopted; Selectmen want obscenity standards.Byline: Linda Bock Noun 1. bock - a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring bock beer lager beer, lager - a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally NORTHBRIDGE - Selectmen SELECTMEN. The name of certain officers in several of the United States, who are invested by the statutes of the several states with various powers. voted 4-1 last night to adopt a cable television access policy that included an amendment to establish a community standards Community standards are local norms bounding acceptable conduct. Sometimes these standards can itemized in a list that states the community's values and sets guidelines for participation in the community. review board. Not willing to wait one more meeting to take action after the recent uproar over a local cable program featuring full frontal nudity The term "full frontal nudity" may refer to:
Chairman Joseph J. Montecalvo and board members James R. Marzec, Thomas J. Melia and Daniel Nolan voted in favor of adopting a cable policy manual. Selectman se·lect·man n. One of a board of town officers chosen annually in New England communities to manage local affairs. Noun 1. selectman - an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns Charles Ampagoomian Jr., who is a producer for cable, and whose wife, Sharron G. Ampagoomian, is chairman of the Cable Advisory Committee, voted against the motion. Mr. Ampagoomian said he had questions about the manual and proposal, which was sent to the board Friday. Selectmen were pushed hard by some in the community to adopt a policy manual after a recent controversy involving a show aired on a local cable channel. Several citizens last night urged the board to take action. "The issue of unregulated content on local cable access concerns me. It's naive to think kids my age aren't up at night flipping around the channels. We will be exposed to whatever is shown on Channel 11," said 15-year-old John O'Brien John O'Brien may refer to: In public life:
Complaints erupted after a recent episode of "The Dudeular Connection." At the end of the show, a naked man pretending to be "Rocky" put his genitals gen·i·tals pl.n. Genitalia. in a mousetrap. Another scene in the program involved sodomy sodomy Noncoital carnal copulation. Sodomy is a crime in some jurisdictions. Some sodomy laws, particularly in Middle Eastern countries and those jurisdictions observing Shari'ah law, provide penalties as severe as life imprisonment for homosexual intercourse, even if the . Cable advisory officials resisted adopting a policy manual for more than a year. Town Manager Theodore D. Kozak sent town counsel William Hewig III a draft copy of a local cable access policy manual dated Aug. 22, 2007, to review after the recent controversy. Mr. Hewig recommended Friday that the town establish the community standards review board. Mr. Hewig told selectmen last night that in crafting the proposal for the review board, he recognized the solution must balance freedom of speech and that obscenity is not protected speech. Mr. Hewig proposed that the new board consist of three members. Those members, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the policy adopted last night, will consist of one member appointed by selectmen, one by the Cable Advisory Committee and one who is a local cable access producer. If the programming is deemed to have indecent material, the program will only be allowed to air between midnight and 4 a.m. Mr. Hewig said, however, that the new board would have to operate with strict procedures and guidelines, and the proceedings could be adversarial. A citizen who submits a tape for broadcast that the board finds objectionable would have the right to be represented by a lawyer. Mr. Hewig said the new board's actions might be considered censorship by some people. Many variations and alternatives are possible, and Mr. Hewig said this proposal is only intended to serve as a framework. "This is very much a work in progress," Mr. Hewig said. "The only advice I could give to you: It must be fair." The board asked a few questions, including what other communities have adopted similar standards review boards. "I have not seen one," Mr. Hewig said. He told selectmen he has handled local cable access issues in between 50 and 70 towns in Massachusetts This is a complete list of towns in Massachusetts, arranged in alphabetical order. These 301 towns were incorporated under Massachusetts law, and have not formed a city government.
Selectmen also voted 3-2 last night to rescind To declare a contract void—of no legal force or binding effect—from its inception and thereby restore the parties to the positions they would have occupied had no contract ever been made. rescind v. an earlier 3-2 vote before the election to move the cable studio from Church Street to the high school on Linwood Avenue. According to selectmen, there was insufficient investigation into all potential locations, as well as unresolved issues and no clear consensus on the high school. The Northbridge Cable Access editing offices, Charter Communications Charter Communications NASDAQ: CHTR is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5.7 million customers in 29 states. It is the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. office, production room and studio are at 103 and 105 Church St. in Whitinsville, where they have been for more than 10 years - the length of the town's previous cable contract. |
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