RUMFORD — One week after voters rejected eight budget articles at the polls, the Board of Selectmen returned to the drawing board Monday evening to brainstorm new budget proposals for residents to vote on. The eight budgets rejected at the July 23 polls were General Government, Public Safety, Police Department, Fire Department, Public Works, General […]
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Portland Fire Department gets $1.1M federal grant
PORTLAND (AP) — The Portland Fire Department has received a $1.1 million grant to help staff a special hazards response team. The grant will fund firefighter positions on the department’s Rescue 1 apparatus, which responds to confined space fires, hazardous material emergencies, and other special hazards. It is the second time the city has received […]
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Expanded emergency radio coverage planned for Otisfield and Norway
OTISFIELD — A solution may be at hand to provide Otisfield with improved emergency communication after an attempt to build a cell tower on Scribner Hill that would have provided space for the Fire Department communication equipment failed. “Norway has offered us access to their Frost Hill tower,” said Otisfield fire Chief Michael Hooker. “(Norway […]