• Published

  September 5, 2024
  

  Feds award nearly $15.5 million contract for new Coburn Gore Township border station

  Dattner Architects in New York will provide architecture, engineering services and construction administration support for the new border crossing facility.

• Published

  July 10, 2024
  

  Farmington clerk sorts out county commission districts for voters

  Parts of the town are in two different districts.

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  June 19, 2024
  

  Second public meeting set on $95 million Coburn Gore border station

  Federal government meeting will begin at 5 p.m. June 27.

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  April 14, 2024
  

  A lightly traveled border outpost in Franklin County is getting a $95 million upgrade

  Built in 1932, the station at Coburn Gore is 1 of 5 in Maine in line for overhauls with federal infrastructure funds. But the reasons for this crossing's outsized expense aren't entirely clear.

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  March 11, 2024
  

  Contract awarded for border station upgrade at Coburn Gore Township in northern Franklin County

  The technology improvements will respect the historic nature of the facility.

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  October 17, 2023
  

  Feds plan to spend up to $95 million to upgrade Coburn Gore border crossing

  The General Services Administration will hold a public meeting Oct. 26 at the main building in northern Franklin County.

• Published

  August 24, 2023
  

  Tractor-trailer rig goes off state Route 27, strikes utility pole in Coburn Gore Township

  The pole fell across both lanes blocking traffic near the Canadian-Maine border for about four hours Thursday morning.

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  July 25, 2022
  

  Forest Society of Maine conserves 8,175 acres in Coburn Gore Township

  The property is on both sides of state Route 27 in northern Franklin County, and contains "important wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities and historical features."

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  December 10, 2021
  

  Kingfield man has medical emergency before car goes off Route 27 in northern Franklin County

  The investigation revealed that shortly before the car had collided earlier with the side of a tractor-trailer truck in Eustis.

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  November 15, 2021

  Two Canadian citizens arrested after 4.6 pounds of suspected cocaine found in vehicle at Franklin County border

  Jermaine Phillips, 40, and Shanna Brown, 37, of Ontario told agents they accidentally crossed the border into the United States.