The standing-room-only crowd at Tuesday morning’s meeting criticized councilors for the time of the meeting and for not saying more about the firing of former Town Manager Zakk Maher.
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Mechanic Falls town clerk escorted from Municipal Building
Miranda Hinkley of Otisfield resigned Thursday and planned to work her two-week notice.
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Mechanic Falls town manager fired
Several councilors Monday said Zakk Maher was ‘not a good fit,’ but would not give specifics on the reasons.
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Mechanic Falls Town Council decides police offices not moving
MECHANIC FALLS — The Town Council determined Monday night that until a thorough master plan for a new municipal complex is explored, the Police Department will stay in the municipal building on Lewiston Street. However, the town’s administrative offices and the library will move from the municipal building to the former medical building on 22 […]
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Mechanic Falls voters shoot down library-move proposal
MECHANIC FALLS — Voters narrowly struck down a proposal Tuesday night to move the town library to the former railroad depot building. The proposal failed 23-21. The Town Council scheduled Tuesday night’s special town meeting to ask if voters wanted to enter into a lease agreement with Depot Square LLC, which owns the former depot […]
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Lafrance named to fill vacancy on Androscoggin commission
AUBURN — A day after being sworn in as the newest Androscoggin County commissioner, Ray Lafrance did not feel overwhelmed when his first meeting covered next year’s county budget. The former captain for more than 30 years of the Public Safety Division for the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office, Lafrance prepared that department’s budget during his […]
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Androscoggin commissioners issue $1 million tax-anticipation note
AUBURN — Uncertain on when it will actually receive jail funding from the state, the Androscoggin County Commission voted Wednesday to issue a county tax-anticipation note for up to $1 million to cover any potential cash shortfall. The note, sold to Androscoggin Bank, has a interest rate of 2.95 percent per year. While the note will […]
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Maintain identity while supporting others
Isaiah Berlin once inferred “it is the notion of Freedom in its positive sense that is at the heart of the demands for national or social self-direction which animate the most powerful and morally just movements of our time.” This reflects the innate compulsion of Americans to unite as a group in order to fortify […]
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New program for business loans
AUBURN — The city of Auburn and Community Concepts Finance Corp. have finalized an agreement which will provide new financing options for Auburn-based businesses. The result is a new loan pool funded equally by CCFC and the city of Auburn that is earmarked for businesses based in the city, with a concentration of effort being […]
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Maher for county commissioner
In the decade that I have known Zakk Maher, he has been appointed to several challenging committees and boards. His financial savvy and creative zeal in these roles has shown him to be a true leader. He has always put his ethics, family and his community first and that cannot go without saying. If District […]