FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners agreed Tuesday to use $5,000 from the county’s tax-increment financing district’s emergency communications fund toward a comprehensive communications study, if the county receives a federal grant. Tim Hardy, director of the county’s Emergency Management Agency, said the county has applied for a regional grant of $69,386.57 through the Department of […]
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Franklin County ceases winter maintenance on portion of Madrid Township road
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to close 1/5 of a mile of East Madrid Road in Madrid Township to winter maintenance. The action followed a hearing on the proposal. The county will continue summer maintenance on the county’s portion of the road but will not plow snow or sand or perform other winter […]
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Two new full-time corrections officers hired at Franklin County jail
FARMINGTON — Two new full-time corrections officers were hired Tuesday to work at the Franklin County jail. Commissioners voted to approve jail manager Maj. Doug Blauvelt’s recommendation to hire Jhustin Welch of Rumford and Scott Nichols Jr. of Wilton. Nichols is the son of Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. Both are certified corrections officers and both […]
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Franklin County to look at amending TIF agreement with TransCanada
FARMINGTON — Franklin County has received $2.29 million so far under a 2008 tax-increment financing enhancement agreement it has with TransCanada Maine Wind Development Inc. related to Kibby Wind Power. Franklin County commissioners also approved grants in the amount of $390,553 for improvements to trails and scenic byway areas and other projects since March 2012 […]
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Franklin commissioners accept only winter maintenance bid
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to accept a $65,000 bid from Jason Orr of Farmington to provide winter maintenance on about 6.8 miles of roads in Perkins and Washington townships. The cost is about $9,558 a mile, county Clerk Julie Magoon said. It cost $49,500 last year, she said. Orr also held the […]
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Farmington sends Red Cross to Franklin County for funding
FARMINGTON — Selectmen decided not to include the American Red Cross request for a municipal allocation of $1,200 in the 2015 budget. The board did not include any outside agency requests in the current budget, Town Manager Richard Davis said. The board directed the agency to ask Franklin County to include the request in its […]
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Franklin is correct county
JAY – A story published on Page B1 of the Franklin edition Tuesday should have said Franklin County officials need to think about cutting back their budget. It was an editing error.
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Franklin County sets public hearing on Madrid Township road
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners will hold a public hearing Sept. 23 on a proposal to discontinue winter maintenance on a section of East Madrid Road in Madrid Township. The hearing will be held at 9 a.m. in the commissioners’ meeting room at the County Courthouse on Main Street in Farmington. The section is approximately […]
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Franklin County employees, officials to raise money for ALS
FARMINGTON — Franklin County employees and officials will take part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, in the parking lot of the County Courthouse. The challenge is to raise money and raise awareness of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. County representatives are also participating in […]
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Kennebunk man charged with assaulting woman at wilderness campsite
FARMINGTON — Police said a Kennebunk man was arrested Wednesday after a woman said he struck her and tried to strangle her while the two were on a wilderness camping trip at Stephen Phillips Memorial Preserve on Mooselookmeguntic Lake in Rangeley Plantation over the weekend. Daniel A. Kelley, 42, of Kennebunk, was arrested Tuesday by […]