Nearly 100 people tuned in to Wednesday’s virtual meeting.
Androscoggin County
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Androscoggin commissioners to debate anti-masking resolution via Zoom on Wednesday
On the agenda is a resolution offered by Isaiah Lary that calls the executive orders issued by Gov. Janet Mills unconstitutional and calls for the county to not enforce the mask mandate.
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Androscoggin County commissioner offers new resolution that forbids county officials from enforcing mask mandate
Isaiah Lary’s statement advocates for prohibiting the county from using funds, personnel or resources to enforce the governor’s orders to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Spokesman: Citizen group will drop recall effort if commissioners renounce anti-mask resolution
Three of the seven Androscoggin County commissioners are facing a potential recall vote for their views on not wearing masks during meeting at the county building.
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Citizen effort underway to remove members of Androscoggin County Commission
Papers filed to recall anti-masker and Lewiston commissioner Brian Ames, and plans made for Wales’ Isaiah Lary and Auburn’s John Michael as well.
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Androscoggin County Commission chair closes meetings to public
Chairwoman Sally Christner released a statement that only commissioners and county employees would be allowed to attend commissioner meetings, citing “space constraints.”
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Mold, a blackened cell, water buckets and tales of headless skeletons: A tour of the 165-year-old Androscoggin County Courthouse
While the ghastly remains of a cell where a jail inmate may have burned alive is disturbing, it’s not the most troubling thing you’ll see on a tour of the quaint, but decrepit old building.
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Attorney General to Androscoggin County commissioners: Mask up
Aaron Frey sent a letter on the heels of a meeting Wednesday in which the panel voted to table a resolution rejecting the COVID-19 mask mandate ordered by Gov. Janet Mills.
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Video: Mask-wearing objections raised at Androscoggin County Commission meeting
Despite the science showing that masks help prevent the transmission of the coronavirus, a group of people spoke against mask-wearing mandates at an Androscoggin County Commission meeting.
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Maskless presence prompts sheriff to skip future public meetings with Androscoggin commissioners
Eric Samson said he will participate only via Zoom to protect himself and staff from exposure to COVID-19.