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Delco Borough Manager Stays Overnight In Offices After Council Meeting

COLYWN, Pa. (AP) — A southeastern Pennsylvania borough manager locked herself inside municipal offices after a majority of the town council voted to fire her.

Paula Brown says she barricaded herself inside Colwyn borough offices overnight Friday to protect the town's records. She remained in the building all day Friday and says she will stop running the borough only if a judge orders it.

Four members of the seven-member council voted to remove Brown and council President Paul Meuser on Thursday night. Brown says she believes her termination was illegal.

The Delaware County borough has endured years of political strife.

Delaware County detectives removed boxes of what Brown described as financial documents and records Friday morning.

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