Jackman Town Manager Thomas Kawczynski, right, looks at Selectman Alan Duplessis before the board of selectmen voted to terminate his position during a meeting attended by 50 town residents on Tuesday.
Fifty residents filled the Jackman Town Office to learn the fate of Town Manager Thomas Kawczynski on Tuesday. In front are Kerry Hegarty, left, and Carl Marihuber who agreed Kawczynski should leave his position.
Jackman Town Manager Thomas Kawczynski awaits the announcement by selectmen that he has been terminated during a meeting attended by 50 town residents including Leah Moffitt, left, Joe Waycott and Marie Harnois on Tuesday.
Jackman Town Manager Thomas Kawczynski awaits the announcement by selectmen that he has been terminated during a meeting attended by 50 town residents on Tuesday.
Clockwise from right foreground is Selectman Charles Lumbert, secretary Heidi Dionne, town attorney Warren Shay, Chairman Jayme French and Selectmen Alan Duplessis and Scott Smith at an emergency meeting of the select board at the Jackman Town Office. The four selectmen voted unanimously to terminate Town Manager Thomas Kawczynski.
The Jackman Board of Selectmen, from left, Chairman Jayme French, Charles Lumbert, Scott Smith and Alan Duplessis, signed a warrant to authorize a settlement payment to fired Town Manager Thomas Kawczynski during a meeting on Tuesday.
Fired Jackman Town Manager Thomas Kawczynski made a long statement following his termination at the town office on Tuesday, saying, "I'm not a racist or a bigot and will clarify my views at a later time."
Jackman resident Marie Harnois, a Passamaquoddy, said it was "heartening" that the town took a hard stand against the views expressed by fired Town Manager Thomas Kawczynski on Tuesday. "I'm glad that the town has proved to everybody that this is not who we are," she said.
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