HOULTON, Maine — Houlton’s town manager, who was arrested Sept. 25 on felony victim tampering and domestic violence assault charges, was placed on administrative leave Friday afternoon by the Town Council before most of the group resigned.

Immediately following the unanimous vote to place Cameron Clark on leave, Council Chairperson Jane Torres resigned, as did Councilors Jim Peters and Erin Matthews, effectively leaving the town without a governing body.

In the aftermath of Clark’s arrest, unrest and chaos reached a boiling point as three municipal departments declared this week that they have lost confidence in the town manager and the council, and a group of citizens took steps to oust councilors. And last week councilors Jon McLaughlin and Alexis Brown resigned because

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