IPSWICH
DISTRICT COURT TO MOVE TO NEWBURYPORT
DISTRICT COURTHOUSE ON JULY 1, 2004
Boston, MA -
Chief Justice for Administration and Management Robert
A. Mulligan today announced that the Ipswich District Court
will permanently relocate its sittings and operations to
the Newburyport District Courthouse, effective July 1,
2004. Chief Justice Mulligan indicated that sufficient
funds are not available for the Commonwealth's Trial Court
to meet the increased rental payments requested for the
courthouse in Ipswich, which is owned by the Town of Ipswich.
Commencing
on July 1, all employees who previously worked at the Ipswich
District Courthouse on South Main Street in Ipswich will
be located at the Newburyport courthouse at the rotary
intersection of Route 1 and State Street. Both the Clerk-Magistrate's
Office and the Probation Department of the Ipswich District
Court will continue to preserve their own identity within
the courthouse they will be sharing with the staff of the
Newburyport District Court. The Ipswich District Court
will continue to maintain the same office hours, and will
continue to schedule and conduct its judicial sittings
on the same days as at present. Criminal and civil jury
trials arising from Ipswich District Court cases, which
were previously conducted at the Peabody District Court,
will be moved to the trial session at the Newburyport District
Court.
After
the move, the Ipswich District Court will continue under
the same distinguished leadership. Honorable Allen G. Swan
will next month complete five years as Presiding Justice
of the Ipswich District Court. District Court Chief Justice
Samuel E. Zoll has announced his intention to reappoint
Judge Swan to that position for another five-year term.
Judge Swan is already familiar with the Newburyport courthouse,
since he has often sat there in its trial session on days
when he was not presiding in Ipswich, and has also served
in the past as the Acting Presiding Justice of the Newburyport
District Court.
Clerk-Magistrate
Kathryn M. Early will also continue as the Clerk-Magistrate
of the Ipswich District Court, a position she has held
since 1981. Since October 2003, Clerk-Magistrate Early
has simultaneously been serving as the Clerk-Magistrate pro
tempore of the Newburyport District Court.
Ipswich
District Court Chief Probation Officer Michael A. Bulgaris
will also be continuing in that position in the Newburyport
location.
