JAY — Selectpersons have scheduled a workshop for next week to discuss a draft of the $5.36 million municipal budget for 2019-20. The workshop is set for 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Town Office. Once selectpersons finalize the proposed budget, residents are scheduled to vote on it April 23 at the annual town meeting at the Community […]
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Strong selectmen hand out raises
STRONG — Selectmen agreed Tuesday night to give all part-time employees a $1-an-hour pay raise — regardless of their current salary — beginning Feb. 1. Selectmen also approved a pay hike for trained firefighters, who will be paid $20 an hour for structure fires. Firefighters with less training will also get an increase, and they all […]
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Kingfield selectmen seek voter input on issues
KINGFIELD — Selectmen are asking voters to attend an informational meeting Thursday night to comment on banning plastic bags, creating a riverfront park and paving Tufts Pond Road. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. at Webster Hall. The “Ban the Bag” discussion started in July 2018 when several Kingfield Elementary School students […]
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Livermore Falls property put up for bid
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted Tuesday to put a property at 112 Leeds Road up for bid for a minimum of $15,000. The town foreclosed on the 3.8-acre parcel in the East Livermore area last year for unpaid taxes. The property has a well and a septic system, Town Manager Stephen Gould said, but he […]
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Wilton awarded grant, loan funding for continued Forster Mill cleanup
WILTON — The town has received a $150,000 grant and $150,000 loan through the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments for continued asbestos removal at and demolition of the former Forster Mill, Town Manager Rhonda Irish told the Board of Selectpersons on Tuesday. The former mill has been used to manufacture automotive upholstery, wood products and plastic […]
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Jay approves new base pay scale for firefighters
JAY — Selectpersons voted unanimously Monday to approve a new base pay scale for firefighters for 2019 and 2020, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said Tuesday. “We have analyzed these increases based on last year’s payroll hours and will be able to cover the increases within the current budget without increasing the payroll line,” LaFreniere said. […]
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Commissioners agree to lease parking lot to town
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners Tuesday approved entering into a lease with the town of Farmington so the town can use the Anson Street lot for year-round overnight parking. Officials have said opening the roughly 40-spot parking lot — which in the past has been reserved for Franklin County Superior Court — would help alleviate demand […]
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Manchester man seriously injured in Farmington collision
FARMINGTON — A Manchester man was seriously injured Tuesday afternoon when the Maine Department of Transportation van he was driving hit the back of a tractor-trailer on Route 2, near Hammond Lumber. Aaron Buotte, 32, did not see a UPS truck that was stopping in front of him, according to Sgt. Edward Hastings IV of […]
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Transition team begins work with Barclaycard employees
WILTON — Those affected by the loss of the town’s largest employer will be offered help with resume preparation and workforce training workshops. Barclaycard US will close its local call center March 31, leaving 227 people without jobs. Representatives from community resource organizations and local, state and federal government offices discussed a plan Tuesday to help […]
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This week's agenda
Tuesday Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 9 a.m., county building Farmington: RSU 9 Operations Committee, 6 p.m., Chef’s Table Farmington: RSU 9 Personnel and Finance Committee, 7 p.m., Central Office Hartford: Ordinance Committee, 6 p.m., Town Office Livermore Falls: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Town Office Otisfield: Planning Board, 7 p.m., Town Office Paris: Oxford County Commission, 9 […]