Judge passes on injunction, for now

The suit and counterclaim in Fall River Superior Court on the legality of the Dartmouth Executive Administrator's employment contract had a hearing on Wednesday on the matter of a preliminary injunction. Mr. Gagne sought an injunction to remain in his job and to prevent the Select Board from appointing an interim or new Executive Administrator. The judge did not issue an injunction Wednesday and gave the attorneys for the town and Mr. Gagne until Tuesday to respond to some questions that he had about the executive sessions where the contract was approved. You can find the complaint at this post. The counterclaim can be found at this post
Curt Brown's Dartmouth Beat blog post about the hearing ...

... can be found here Mr. Brown's article in the Standard Times about the hearing can be found here.
As it now stands, Mr. Gagne's contract will expire on Saturday. The Select Board is meeting on Saturday at 3PM at the Town Hall to appoint the Director of Budget and Finance, Mr Iacaponi, as the interim Executive Administrator until a successor is found.