Celebrity Law

Female topless ballot question fails in Mass. city
Associated Press: "Voters in a western Massachusetts city have decided not to lose their shirts over at least one ballot question. Pittsfield voters soundly rejected on Tuesday a measure pushing for women to be allowed to walk around town topless...

You're Telling Me It's Illegal For Men To Go Topless
Not only is it illegal for men to go topless in Easton, Maryland, it's illegal for "any person." What about babies? What about boys? Here's the law: Sec. 18-9. Required dress, upper torso, penalty...

Who Burned Down the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop
When Donald Crabtree, the shop's owner, opened the topless, over-18 establishment about four months ago in the small Maine town of Vassalboro, population about 4,500, at least 150 people applied for the 10 positions that were available...

Topless protest succeeds ... sort of
In Portland, Maine, about two dozen women took off their shirts and bras and marched topless through town on Saturday. Their goal: To make it OK for women to walk around without their shirts on, the same way that men...

Maine: Topless coffee shop idea stirs debate
A proposed topless coffee shop may receive a dressing down from some residents of a rural Maine town.

When Someone Else's Car Accident Puts You in Hospital
Pittsfield, MA: Car accidents happen every day, and they happen to good people. But a car crash in Pittsfield, Massachusetts just six days into the New Year illustrates just how easy it is to be going along, minding your own business and doing everything right, only to have someone plow into you and suddenly turn your world upside down.

Music Teacher
Town of Brookline agrees to $150,000 settlement after the former employee exploited a freshman student.

Burst Drain Pipe
Town of Smithtown agrees to pay homeowners $260,000 property damage settlement.

Suspended and Fired
Town of Alton agrees to pay former police chief $10,000 wrongful termination settlement.

Landfill Eminent Domain
Surry County pays $800,000 settlement to purchase farm land for town dump.