WEST BOYLSTON — Officials are dismissing claims by the town administrator's lawyer that the decision to fire James Ryan has been made before a scheduled hearing about the handling of a Trump flag being displayed inside the police station. Ryan has been criticized by the police chief and others for apparently ordering that the flag be removed.

A lawyer for the West Boylston town administrator claims it's a "foregone conclusion" his client will be fired by the select board Monday, which the board's chair denies.

Town officials have scheduled a hearing to discuss the matter further on Monday afternoon. The post Lawyer says West Boylston town administrator faces firing over Trump flag controversy appeared first on Boston.

Residents were given an opportunity to speak out Wednesday night about the controversy that arose over a Trump flag that the town administrator ordered removed from the police station. The 13 residents who spoke during the public comment session of the Select Board meeting included the police chief’s son,

A Mass. police chief is accusing the town administrator of targeting him over a Trump flag that was hanging in the police department's gym.

WEST BOYLSTON — The Select Board is moving forward with a “termination” meeting for new Town Administrator James Ryan, according to Ryan’s attorney, John J. Clifford.

A lawyer representing the West Boylston town administrator says his client is in the process of losing his job over a dispute regarding a Trump flag with the police chief.

A showdown over a Trump flag has erupted in a small Worcester County town as a police chief says he won’t report back to work under a town administrator who demanded the banner be removed.