FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners agreed Tuesday to fund two grant requests for $55,000 through the county’s tax-increment financing grant program to promote and support marketing of northern Franklin County. The Tax-Increment Financing Application Review Committee made the recommendations to the commissioners to support the requests for $30,000 from Flagstaff Area Business Association and $25,000 […]
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Deputies’ pay increased for extra patrols
FARMINGTON – Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to increase the deputy rate of pay for all grant-funded special enforcement details from $30 to $35 an hour. They also voted to allow the lieutenants to participate in operating under the influence and seat belt enforcement details funded by state grants. Currently, deputies are paid a flat […]
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Jay reaches tentative pact to pay police $40 an hour to work grant details
JAY — Selectpersons and the police union reached a tentative agreement Monday to pay officers working special grant details $40 per hour, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said. Some communities set a rate for officers to be paid to save on overtime and to attract reserves to participate in the enforcement details. The agreement is contingent […]
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Maine officials announce more than $400K for state agriculture projects
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine officials are giving out more than $400,000 in grants to 11 agricultural projects in the state. Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Commissioner Walter Whitcomb announced the $422,855 in grants at the Maine Agricultural Trades Show last week. The projects were chosen from 47 proposals. The department says the projects […]
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Mexico Police Department receives grants for body, WatchGuard cameras
MEXICO — The Mexico Police Department received several grants in the past month, including one that provided the department with new body cameras, police Chief Roy Hodsdon said. Hodsdon said the department received a grant through the Maine Emergency Management Agency that gave him access to nine new body cameras. Each officer will wear one. […]
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Housing grants to help Lewiston clean more than lead
LEWISTON — A renewed set of federal grants could do a lot more than help reduce lead in downtown housing units, city officials said Tuesday. “We’ll be doing lead, we’ll be doing weatherization, we may be providing some block grant rehabilitation loan so that the entire house, the entire property, is looked at as a […]
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LePage takes the cake in Lewiston bakery’s cookie poll
LEWISTON — In a wholly unscientific but decidedly sweet sampling of voter preference, Republican Gov. Paul LePage was leading in a dough-slide Tuesday afternoon. LePage’s likeness, or at least his photo baked on top of a sugar cookie, was the favorite for patrons of Grant’s Bakery on Sabattus Street in the bakery’s Election Day cookie […]
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Maine seeking applicants for conservation grants
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine is looking for groups interested in grants to support conservation projects for wetland and wildlife habitats. Letters of intent for the nearly $1.7 million in grants through the Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program are due June 30 and can be submitted online. The program has provided nearly $10 million to restoration […]
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Venture Grant applications due by June 16
FARMINGTON — The mission of the United Way of the Tri-Valley Area is to unite people and resources to improve lives and build a strong and healthy community. UWTVA has announced that it has Venture Grant funds of $10,000 total for 2014 that are available for nonprofit organizations, coalitions or individuals that/who submit proposals for […]
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14 Maine communities get grants to attract business
AUGUSTA — Fourteen Maine communities are receiving grants designed to help cities and towns attract private investment. Among the municipalities benefiting from the federally-funded Community Grant Block Program is Brunswick. The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority is receiving $250,000 to transform a hanger into a tech business accelerator, which is expected to create 25 jobs. The […]