FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting dedicated traffic enforcement details with an emphasis on seat belt enforcement over the next several weeks as part of a national “Click it or Ticket” safety campaign. Deputies will be working special assignments in all areas of Franklin County to ensure compliance with Maine’s seat […]
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Franklin County panel to hold public hearing on $5.5 million budget
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County budget panel will hold a public hearing on a proposed $5.5 million budget for 2013-14 at 5 p.m. Monday, May 20, in the Superior Courtroom at the county courthouse. The proposal is $203,484 more than the current budget and includes $1.6 million for the Franklin County jail. The proposed assessment […]
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Commissioners to inspect county roads Saturday
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners will take a road trip Saturday, May 11, to view county roads. Commissioners plan to start their annual trip at 7 a.m. with Road Agent Jerry Haines to get a look at road conditions and see what work Haines proposed to be done to improve them. The county had a […]
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Property owners to be asked to remove unofficial street signs
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners are giving three property owners in Salem Township who have erected signs at the end of their driveways, declaring them as named lanes, 10 days to remove them, unless there is a legality that would interfere with that ruling. County Clerk Julie Magoon brought up her concerns and those of […]
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County budget panel begins review of proposed $5.5 million
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County budget panel began review Monday of a proposed $5.5 million budget for 2013-14. The package for all departments includes a 2 percent increase for employees but that doesn’t mean that is what they will get. The Budget Advisory Committee began its review of the $161,229 county courthouse budget. Of that […]
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County budget panel to begin deliberation
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County budget panel will begin deliberations on a proposed $5.5 million budget for 2013-14 Monday, April 29, at the commissioners’ office. Members of the Budget Advisory Committee have set a schedule for departments and program grant representatives to meet with them for a review. Some of the committee members attended the […]
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Sheriffs fight for money to aid county jails
AUGUSTA — Jails in several Maine counties, including Androscoggin, teetered closer to layoffs Tuesday amid worries that money promised by the state might run out. The state owes counties about $3 million to help fund 15 jails for the months of April, May and June. It likely will fall at least $1.4 million short, said Michael […]
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Panel to recommend Franklin County jail reopen as full service
AUGUSTA — A state Corrections Working Group voted unanimously Thursday to recommend to the Board of Corrections that the Franklin County jail in Farmington re-open as a full service jail as of July 1. It is currently a 72-hour holding facility. The recommendation also would give the county the money now being paid out to […]
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Reserve dispatcher, deputies pay raised
FARMINGTON – Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to raise wages for reserve dispatchers to $12.57 an hour and deputies to $13.14 an hour. It is 50 cents below a full-time position wage. Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. requested the increases. Currently, reserves in both positions make $9.50 an hour, he said, which is well below other […]