Article: TOWN OFFICIALS FIRE DOWNTOWN MANAGER PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCES CITED, SHE SAYS

After months of deflecting downtown manager Beth Bannon's questions about her job status, town officials abruptly called her into a meeting, terminated her appointment, and asked her to vacate her office within an hour, she said.

Bannon, who was hired in January as a temporary employee, said "philosophical differences" accounted for her being fired.

"They said I didn't fit in," she said.

Earlier this year, officials said Bannon had been hired as a temporary employee for three months, and that her status could be changed to permanent, pending a satisfactory review.

Yesterday, town oficials cited confidentiality in declining to comment on specifics of the firing.

Bob Joy, the town's human ...

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