WEST BOYLSTON ― The West Boylston Select Board on Monday voted to terminate Town Administrator James Ryan's contract over the way he handled the discovery of a Donald Trump campaign flag that he found hanging in the police station.

The West Boylston Select Board voted to terminate James Ryan, the new town administrator, in a closed-door session Monday evening, Ryan's lawyer said.

The West Boylston Select Board voted to terminate the new town administrator’s contract Monday, after he reportedly demanded the removal of a Trump flag hanging in the police station gym.

WEST BOYLSTON — In a Zoom meeting closed to the public, the five-member Select Board on Tuesday night took turns questioning the police chief about allegations he made about the way the new town administrator handled the removal of a Trump flag hanging in the police station.

The West Boylston Select Board voted on Monday to terminate the contract of their town administrator following his handling of a Trump flag dispute at the police station. The closed-door meeting resulted in a 4-1 vote for the firing of now former-Town Administrator James Ryan.

On Feb. 4, Police Chief Dennis W. Minnich Sr., who has been police chief since 1997, sent a three-page memo to the Board of Selectmen requesting “an immediate and thorough review” of the recent actions of Town Administrator James Ryan, who started last month.

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.

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.

WEST BOYLSTON ― A closed-door meeting of the Select Board, to focus on the fallout of a Trump flag displayed inside the police station, will take place Tuesday evening via Zoom, a change in the original plan.