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. […]
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Medicare benefits could be affected by changing counties
LIVERMORE FALLS — If Livermore Falls voters OK a move from Androscoggin County to Franklin County in the Nov. 5 referendum, the Medicare benefits for some residents could be affected. “I want to make sure the property taxes address my cost in health insurance,” said resident Ron Chadwick. He has heard from other people who […]
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Franklin, Oxford counties have state’s lowest per capita income
That’s one of the main takeaways from the Maine Development Foundation’s quarterly economic report released on Thursday. While MDF’s annual Measures of Growth report tracks Maine’s per capita personal income and compares it to the rest of the country, the quarterly reports allow for a deeper dive into the data, according to Ryan Neale, MDF’s […]
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New communication director position to be advertised
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to have the new communications director position posted in-house and advertised to the public. They also voted to have Commissioner Fred Hardy of New Sharon serve on an application review committee. Hardy abstained from the vote. The director will oversee the new dispatch center and dispatchers. The deadline […]
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Largay family offers reward for information on missing hiker
LEWISTON — George Largay and his family are offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to the location of Largay’s wife, Geraldine, who was last seen hiking on the Appalachian Trail in Franklin County in July. According to a press release from the Maine Warden Service, Largay started her hike on the AT on April […]
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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 […]
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Pentagon to consider Franklin County site as potential missile interceptor site
REDINGTON TOWNSHIP — The U.S. Navy’s remote training school in the Rangeley Lakes area is one of five sites on the East Coast that the Missile Defense Agency is considering as a potential missile-interceptor site, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins announced Thursday. The Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape site in northern Franklin County will be studied […]
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Services being done regionally, privately to save money
JAY — Several services listed on a survey sent out by Franklin County commissioners are already being done in a joint effort to save money, Town Manager Ruth Cushman said. Commissioners sent out a survey in August asking towns if they were interested in potentially regionalizing services at the county level. It is a Maine […]
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Franklin County to host convention of counties
FARMINGTON — The name tags are done. Rooms are booked. Speakers are scheduled. Advertisers, sponsors and donations have been gathered. The activities and entertainment are planned. After nearly a year of planning, Franklin County will host the 2013 Convention of Maine Counties on Sept. 13, 14 and 15 at Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley. The theme […]