Board: Sabattus selectmen

Met: Tuesday night, Oct. 4*

New first responder equipment

Issue: After the Fire Department got $9,000 from the Stephen King Foundation to purchase first responder emergency equipment, the fire chief needed the board’s approval to spend the grant.

The scoop: After much discussion, the board voted 4-1 to start allowing firefighters who are trained emergency medical technicians to carry equipment in their personal vehicles starting in January. They’ll assist residents who need immediate help while waiting for an ambulance to arrive.

Up next: The Fire Department will report back at town meeting on how it has worked out.

Odds and ends

Issue: After taking an official walk of the site, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection agreed to fund Phase I and Phase II of the environmental analysis at the former Webster mill. Results aren’t expected until January.

Issue: The field of eight police chief finalists has been narrowed to three.

Issue: The dam was opened on Oct. 8 to lower the Sabattus Pond water level for winter.

Issue: Selectmen appointed Guy Desjardins to the Sabattus Gazebo Committee.

Issue: They appointed Thomas Winslow Sr. to the Veterans Memorial Park Committee.

* The Sun Journal received minutes Thursday, Oct. 13.

Staff writer Kathryn Skelton can be reached at 689-2844 or kskelton@sunjournal.com.

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