Cindy King v. Townsend, Town of (SPR 20251731)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records July 1, 2025 SPR25/1731 Harrison Mayotte Town Clerk Town of Townsend 272 Main Street Townsend, MA 01469 Dear Mr. Mayotte, I have received the petition of Cindy King appealing the nonresponse of the Town of Townsend (Town) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On May 30, 2025, Ms. King requested “all emails send and received to and from [a specified email address] including those deleted by [an identified individual], forwarded and all attachments from the period January 7, 2025 to February 28, 2025.” Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Ms. King petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR25/1731, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Town provided Ms. King with a response dated June 17, 2025. Where this appeal was opened as a result of the Town’s lack of a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Ms. King may appeal the substantive nature of the Town’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Cindy King One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 • (617) 727-2832• Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre • pre@sec.state.ma.us