Elected officials, minus the county commissioners, were included among full-time county employees awarded $5,000 in hazard pay for working during the pandemic.
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Androscoggin County commissioners balk at price of HVAC upgrades
The board approved spending $642,540 in American Rescue Plan funds on five requests, including 24-hour medical care in the jail and bonuses to employees who worked during the pandemic.
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Proposal would merge Lewiston-Auburn 911, Androscoggin County dispatch agencies under county control
Some details still need to be finalized, but if approved by the Androscoggin County Commission, the change could happen as soon as July 1, 2022.
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Androscoggin County gets glowing audit report
Commissioners support a resolution offered by Isaiah Lary in support of protesters in Cuba.
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1885 firetruck. Tooth-lined war club. 150-year-old toys. Inside the Androscoggin Historical Society
The museum, lodged in the top floor of the county courthouse, is packed with county history, from stuffed birds to 100-year-old dental equipment.
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New body scanner keeping drugs, contraband out of Androscoggin County Jail
The device can spot foreign objects under clothing and in body cavities.
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Androscoggin County Jail receives perfect inspection score from state officials
The Maine Department of Corrections team cited the aging facility’s cleanliness and attention to detail during the two-day review.
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Oxford County reports no new cases of COVID-19 for first time in more than 5 months
Meanwhile, Franklin County was among just four counties that saw an increase in the seven-day rolling average of new COVID-19 cases per capita over the past week.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Relief for providers at Lewiston’s Central Maine Medical Center as COVID-19 hospitalizations remain low
CMMC’s chief of hospital medicine said Thursday she hadn’t seen such low numbers since before the surge in COVID-19 cases last winter.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
Deaths of central and western Maine residents related to COVID-19 continue to decline
State health officials last reported that a resident or Androscoggin or Oxford counties dying from COVID-19 last week. And in Franklin County, it’s been nearly a month since a resident there died from the disease.