AUBURN — In only nine minutes Wednesday night, the 13-member Androscoggin County Budget Committee conducted a public hearing and adopted a $10.3 million budget. No one from the public spoke, and when it came time for prevote debate, committee members fell silent. The vote to approve was almost unanimous. The only dissenter was Tizz Crowley […]
Androscoggin County
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Poland officially ‘certified business friendly’
POLAND — News that Poland had been named Maine’s newest Certified Business-Friendly community was received by selectmen Tuesday with great pleasure. “This is good news,” Selectman Steve Robinson said. “I am pleased the town has received this well-deserved business-friendly recognition. Our goal is to continue Poland’s growth and development for many years to come.” The letter from […]
advertisement
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
County commissioners’ compensation examined
LEWISTON — Amid debate on an $8.1 million budget for 2014, Androscoggin County leaders are weighing pay and benefits for the county’s three commissioners. The trio annually earns at least $7,273 each — plus health care and retirement benefits worth thousands of dollars more — for their roles as the county’s principal policymakers and administrators. […]
Posted inConnections
Groups urged to apply for food, shelter funds
LEWISTON — United Way of Androscoggin County has announced that it has been selected to administer a grant from the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program to aid in the local fight against homelessness and hunger. The grant will be administered by a local board comprised of area nonprofit leaders, local municipalities and members […]
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Livermore Falls to vote again on changing counties
LIVERMORE FALLS — Residents will need to vote again on whether they would like the town to leave Androscoggin County to join Franklin County. Voters approved the measure in a referendum in June, but it happened before the Legislature and Gov. Paul LePage approved the town vote. In July, the Legislature approved allowing the town […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, The Franklin Journal
Androscoggin County Sheriff proposes small budget increase
AUBURN — Androscoggin County Sheriff Guy Desjardins has proposed a budget that would raise 2014 spending within his department by merely $169, a difference of 0.008 percent. “I was just trying to keep the numbers down,” Desjardins said Thursday. “It’s tough for everybody.” In 2013, the county budgeted $2,047,688. His 2014 budget, proposed to county […]
Posted inFranklin, Lewiston-Auburn, The Franklin Journal
Androscoggin County elects 14-member Budget Committee
AUBURN — Voters at caucuses across Androscoggin County have elected a new 14-member Budget Committee. Voting was done at meetings in August and finalized Wednesday by the Androscoggin County Commission. Two members — one resident and one municipal official — were chosen in each of seven newly created county voting districts. In District 1, City […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, The Franklin Journal
State carves Androscoggin County into smaller districts
AUBURN — State election officials have redrawn voting lines across Androscoggin County, chopping up Lewiston and Auburn while increasing the number of county districts from three to seven. Each now includes about 15,000 people or one-seventh of the county’s population. “It seems like a fair way to split up the county,” County Commissioner Elaine Makas […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
New gonorrhea ads target young women; Almost half of reported cases in Maine last year in Androscoggin County
One poster with a beaming, vintage housewife reads: “Judgey Janet might call you a tramp. We just want you to call.” In another poster, a gorgeous, twentysomething man gazes out with smouldering eyes. Below him, the message: “Get tested, beautiful.” They’re part of an education campaign kicked off early this year by the state, targeting […]