FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1, in their meeting room at the county courthouse to discuss proposals for architect services for the new dispatch center. Commissioners interviewed three of six firms that submitted proposals with base and additional costs Friday. The 2,200-square-foot center will be built on county […]
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Franklin County town valuations, tax assessments
Franklin County valuation, tax assessments 2011-12 2012-13 Town State valuation County tax State valuation County tax Avon: $39.3 million $39,743 $39.95 million $40,349 Carr. Valley: $598.2 million $604,182 $571.9 million $577,619 Carthage: $30.4 million $30,704 $31.25 million $31,562 Chesterville: $87.6 million $88,476 $90.5 million $91,405 Coplin Plt.: $34.7 million $35,047 $38.8 million $39.188 Dallas Plt.: […]
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Franklin County tax rate stays stable
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to set the tax rate for 2012-13 at $1.01 per $1,000 of property valuation, the same rate as last year. Though the tax rate is the same, some towns in the county will see an increase in tax assessments due to an increase in state valuation. Some will […]
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Commissioners to interview three firms for architectural services
FARMINGTON — County commissioners on Friday plan to interview the three architectural firms they favor to build the county dispatch center. The meeting will be held at 1 p.m. July 27 at the commissioners’ office at the courthouse. Six proposals were submitted from firms around the state with a variety of base prices. There are […]
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Budget panel to continue scrutinizing county spending
FARMINGTON — Franklin County Budget Committee Chairman John Calloway asked members Thursday if next year they would make cuts in each category rather than each line. Their response was no. Committeeman D. Scott Taylor of Wilton said they hear complaints from residents that are line specific. Tim DeMillo of Jay said the committee has to […]
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Franklin County panel overrides three budget recommendations
FARMINGTON — Franklin County Budget Committee members voted unanimously Thursday to put $5,000 back into the budget to take care of holes in the employee parking lot off Church Street. The move overrides the commissioners’ action to restore $24,000 for reclaiming and pavement of the lot that the Budget Committee initially eliminated. It takes two-thirds […]
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Police seek missing teen with adult twice her age
Fifteen-year-old Opal Swearingen was reported missing by her New Sharon foster parents on the morning of June 12. She is believed to be traveling with Charles Fontenot, a 30-year-old Lewiston man authorities later discovered she was having a sexual relationship with, Franklin County authorities said. Fontenot is being sought by authorities on a felony warrant […]
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Deputies increasing patrols for impaired drivers
FARMINGTON — Franklin County sheriff’s deputies plan more patrols and roadblocks to check for impaired drivers this summer. “We will accomplish this through saturated patrols and traffic safety checkpoints,” Deputy Nathan Reid said in a release. The Sheriff’s Department has received a grant of about $2,900 from the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety for impaired […]
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Request for proposals to go out to architects
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners will ask architectural firms to estimate how much a set of blueprints for the dispatch center would cost. If it’s $10,000 or more, architect services would need to go to bid. On Tuesday, commissioners asked the county clerk and the building committee to come up with a letter requesting proposals […]