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Grant awarded for truck locks

LIVERMORE — The town was awarded a $516.67 safety enhancement grant from Maine Municipal Association to pay for two-thirds the cost of a set of dump body locking equipment, Assistant Administrator Kurt Schaub said. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration-approved locks are designed to assure that a raised dump body on a truck would not […]

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New outfitted truck comes in under budget

LIVERMORE — Selectpersons voted Tuesday to approve the purchase of a dump body, snow plow, wing plow and other related equipment to go on the town’s new truck, Administrative Assistant Kurt Schaub said Wednesday. The low bidder was H.P. Fairfield of Skowhegan at $64,675, he said. The company was one of two that matched the […]

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Board to consider cemetery policy

LIVERMORE — Selectpersons will consider Tuesday the adoption of a proposed Cemetery Policy that establishes written rules and regulations. The town’s Cemetery Committee is recommending the policy be adopted, town administrative assistant Kurt Schaub said. The select board will review the policy at 6 p.m. July 5 at the town office. The policy does not […]

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Some Livermore employees to get wage hikes

LIVERMORE — Selectpersons recently approved annual wage compensation for some employees effective July 1. Selectpersons wages remained the same as last year at $2,500 each. Under office administration, Kurt Schaub, administrative assistant/treasurer, gets a pay raise from $957.31 per week to $976.46; Renda Libby, town clerk/deputy tax collector, $16.23 an hour to $16.55; Jean Tardif, […]

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Registered sex offender charged after incident at Livermore beach

LIVERMORE — A 62-year-old registered sex offender from Greene was charged with operating under the influence after police received complaints about a man taking photographs  of young girls at Brettuns Pond Beach on June 20, State Police announced in a post on their website Tuesday. Marcel Chamberland, 62, was arrested June 20 by State Police […]

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Notes and news from Treat Memorial Library

LIVERMORE — Registration for the Treat Memorial Library summer reading program “Read S’more Books” has officially closed, but the fun has just begun. The next Reading Camp is Thursday, June 30, with Teresa T. The second of the library’s contests, “Name the State Park,” runs until July 9. Three winners will be picked. Anyone attending […]

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Board approves truck chassis buy

LIVERMORE — Selectpersons voted recently to buy a 2012 Volvo truck chassis as part of the new dump truck purchase voters approved on June 16, administrative assistant Kurt Schaub said Monday. The 2012 chassis, which is the truck without the dump body and plow equipment, will be purchased from the O’Connor dealership in Portland, he […]

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Board inks three-year pact with Jay food service workers

LIVERMORE FALLS — Regional School Unit 73 directors on Thursday approved a three-year contract with Jay food service workers, Superintendent Bob Wall said Monday. The agreement calls for a 1.5-percent pay increase the first year, a 1.75-percent increase the second, and a 2-percent increase the third, he said. No action was taken after an executive […]