TAMWORTH — Selectmen have gotten an earful recently from residents who have thronged the board’s weekly meetings to defend embattled Recreation Director Parker Roberts after his job was slashed from full-time to 15 hours a week.
Now Roberts’ lawyer has written the town, calling the selectmen’s decision discriminatory and saying it could lead to a lawsuit.
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