Androscoggin, Oxford counties among those lagging in vaccinating 70 and older

Androscoggin County

Published
February 26, 2021

Androscoggin, Oxford counties among those lagging in vaccinating 70 and older

Androscoggin and Oxford counties are among five counties that have vaccinated 50% or less of people 70 and older. Cumberland and Sagadahoc counties have vaccinated 77% of that age group.
Published
February 18, 2021

Group drops recall effort against two Androscoggin County commissioners

Plan to remove Isaiah Lary of Wales continues after his anti-mask resolution was rejected Wednesday.
Published
February 17, 2021

Androscoggin County Commission rejects anti-mask resolution

Nearly 100 people tuned in to Wednesday's virtual meeting.
Published
February 15, 2021

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.
Published
February 10, 2021

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.
Published
February 9, 2021

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.
Published
February 8, 2021

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.
Published
February 7, 2021

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."
Published
February 7, 2021

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.
Published
February 5, 2021

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.