by Trisha Ingalls
NEWPORT — Although the agenda for Monday night’s city council meeting in Newport was business as usual, and kicked off with Kevin Charboneau being duly sworn in as a re-elected council member at the start of the meeting, it ended with Mayor Paul Monette’s abrupt departure partway through a lengthy executive session.
The council went behind closed doors to discuss an agenda item titled evaluation of a public officer or employee. Those who waited in the hall outside the council’s chambers could clearly hear frequent shouting and expletives.
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