BATH, Maine (AP) The executive director at the Maine Maritime Museum has been terminated after serving in that role for 14 years.

Amy Lent said in a statement Wednesday that she was notified via text message Sept. 10 that she was terminated effective immediately by the chair of the museum’s board of trustees.

Lent said that she had shared her plans to retire and drafted an 18-month plan to work through the pandemic, fill open board seats, and hire a new director.

Museum officials responded in a statement Thursday that Lent requested “a lengthy and legally binding financial commitment” that was determined to not be in the museum’s best interests “either financially or organizationally.”