ST. ALBANS — Reaction was fierce Wednesday after the Bangor Daily News reported that a Maine nonprofit paid some of its workers with disabilities as little as $2 an hour while paying top managers six-figure salaries. The report reveals that St. Albans company Skills Inc. is the only company in Maine that pays some workers […]
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Wilton board hikes sewer rates
WILTON — The Board of Selectpersons increased sewer rates Tuesday to provide for debt on the department’s renovation project along with regular operation and maintenance costs. The new rates include a 2.5 percent contingency amount built in to cover non-paying accounts, said Mandy Olver of Olver Associates, the company providing environmental engineering work on the […]
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Biomass heat plant celebrated at UMF
FARMINGTON — University of Maine Trustees, faculty, staff, students and the community gathered at University of Maine at Farmington Sunday afternoon to celebrate and tour the newest addition to campus — a new biomass central heating plant. The $11 million project is expected to replace 95 percent of the 390,000 gallons of fossil fuel previously […]
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Wilton planners consider permit and zone change for Route 2 lot
WILTON — The Planning Board will consider approving a permit for construction of a storage building on Routes 2 and 4 at its meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Town Office. A lot next to Dutch Treat has been cleared and owner Miguel Ibarguen of Bowley Brook Maple Inc. is asking for […]
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Franklin County communications director shares study results
FARMINGTON — Stan Wheeler, director of Franklin County’s communication center, told commissioners Tuesday that the county does not have a solid and stable backbone for its communications system. It needs to be remedied, he said. Wheeler gave commissioners the highlights of a preliminary study on the state of emergency dispatching services and where the county […]
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Former workers sue Lewiston call center company
The claim arose from the company’s failure to include preparation time spent at work before they could communicate with customers on behalf of the company, training activities, bathroom breaks and two rest periods as time worked. Jeff Young, a lawyer with the Augusta-based law firm of Johnson, Webbert & Young, who represents the employees, said […]