FREEDOM — Selectmen have entered into a settlement with a former member of the Conservation Commission and Forest Advisory Committee whom they ousted last year from both groups.
The settlement requires them to pay attorneys fees and to read a statement commending the time that Rob Hatch, the former member, spent on the boards.
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