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In perhaps an unusual arrangement, Melissa Noe, whose salary is $80,808.30, is free to apply for the job she now holds and the town will retain her as an at-will

More unrest and accusations surface inside Monterey Town Hall, as Town Clerk Terry Walker resigns after six years in the job.

On a chilly Saturday in November, Monterey residents bundled up and banded together for an unusual special town meeting. As bitter factionalism continued to divide the community and erode productivity

Investigators hired last year to probe complaints at Town Hall found the Monterey town’s administrator central to most conflicts, engaging in a misuse of power though “a pattern of conduct”

Things are still shaky at Town Hall.

Lawmakers say State House lawyers advised a delay and a probe.

A Town Hall that is awash in strife.

A slow trip through the Legislature begins. The rancor continues.

A community that bonds at the annual firefighters steak roast is trying to sort out the hot mess at Town Hall.

A struggle for power in Monterey Town Hall has risen to new heights of acrimony as accusations swirl, people resign, complaints flow and the town seeks an investigator to sort