FARMINGTON — Carold “CL” Folsom of Salem Township grew up in Monmouth and graduated from Monmouth Academy in 1986. When things didn’t go as initially planned to go into law enforcement, he entered the social service field after he met his wife Julie. The couple will be married 25 years on Monday, Sept. 17. “We […]
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Franklin County sheriff, deputies recognized for safe driving
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office was recognized Tuesday for traveling 268,000 miles last year without an accident. The Maine County Commissioners Association’s 2016 Safe Driving Award was presented by risk pool manager Malcolm Ulmer during a Franklin County Commission meeting. Ulmer called the award “very impressive and something you should be proud of.” […]
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Franklin County to buy dispatch console, dispatchers recognized
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to buy a new dispatch radio console with four dispatch stations and to have it installed at the Regional Communications Center. Half the money will come out of the county’s undesignated fund and the other half will come from the tax-increment financing agreement the county has for […]
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Commission to get price on dispatch console
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners have agreed to let the county’s communications director get a price on a new dispatch console that will factor in cash payment. Communications Director Stan Wheeler asked commissioners to revisit the issue of getting a new dispatch console for the regional communications center. The console manages radio communications. Commissioners postponed buying a […]
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Crane to help remove communication dish on Farmington tower
FARMINGTON — A crane will be used to help a communications company remove an old 10-foot microwave communication dish near the top of a 190-foot emergency communications tower. The crane also will be used help install two new antennas near the top of the tower. The county owns the 190-foot tower on Mosher Hill that […]
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Jay OKs emergency communications repeater
JAY — Selectpersons approved Police Chief Richard Caton IV’s request to use $3,280 from the department’s capital account to purchase a 50-watt repeater. The old one is more than 10 years old and has been out of production for five years. When the repeater went down, Dirigo Wireless was called and was unable to fix […]
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Franklin County accepts bid for communications work, approves hiring
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Monday to accept a bid of $88,661 from Hussey Communications of Winslow for work pertaining to the Mosher Hill tower in Farmington. Four vendors were contacted and two submitted bids, said Stan Wheeler, director of the Franklin County Regional Communications Center. The other bid was $113,048 from Dirigo Wireless […]
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Franklin County chooses Winslow company for communications upgrade
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Monday to hire Hussey Communications Inc. to supply and install equipment to improve emergency radio communications in Phillips, Strong, Weld and Wilton. The Winslow company’s quote was $20,239. The only other company to submit a quote for the radio-over-Internet protocol equipment was Dirigo Wireless of Poland for $48,430.60. The […]
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Franklin County postpones decision on buying new dispatch console
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voiced concerns Sept. 1 about changing a plan to improve emergency radio communications that was presented and approved by the county Budget Advisory Committee. County Commission Chairman Gary McGrane of Jay said he was not in favor the plan to buy a new dispatch console with four dispatch positions this […]
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Franklin County commissioners OK more money for communications
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to add $73,200 to the communications budget to improve emergency radio communications in the county. It brought the proposed communications budget up to $915,480. The proposed $5.8 million spending package for 2015-16 includes a 3.5 percent pay raise for nonunion employees. Some union employees received more than […]