FARMINGTON — Franklin County communications Director Stan Wheeler presented commissioners Tuesday with an estimate of $488,000 to implement a radio over Internet protocol system and improve the emergency communications system for the entire county. The county had a comprehensive study done by Communication Consulting Service Inc. of Gray that was recently finalized. It determined what […]
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Franklin County looking at costs to dispatch for Livermore Falls
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners gave the director of the county communications center the go-ahead Tuesday to get information on the cost to provide dispatch services to Livermore Falls in Androscoggin County. However, they also told Director Stan Wheeler that improving dispatching communications in Franklin County needs to be his No. 1 priority. Wheeler agreed. […]
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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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Franklin County discusses communications, dead-zones, Internet access
FARMINGTON — Emergency responders using radios or cellphones to communicate with dispatchers or others in the field are hitting dead zones in Franklin County, officials at Wednesday’s communications meeting said. Other problems cited included visitors leaving the area early because they cannot work with the slow Internet, limited broadband and associated services, and the owner […]
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Franklin County to hold communications meeting
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners will hold an informational meeting Wednesday, Feb. 4, to discuss the county’s communications infrastructure and what needs to be done to improve it in connection to the county’s enterprise and tax-increment financing agreement. The meeting is from 10 a.m. to noon at the Olsen Student Center North Dining Hall at […]
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Students shine at fourth annual Tech Challenge
PARIS — Oxford Hills Technical High School showed its stuff Tuesday as students demonstrated their skills and knowledge in a wide range of studies, including welding, digital media, building design and chain saw operation during the fourth annual Tech Challenge. “We started it four years ago as a showcase event,” OHTS Director Shawn Lambert said. […]
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Franklin County approves TIF money for communications study
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners agreed Tuesday to use $5,000 from the county’s tax-increment financing district’s emergency communications fund toward a comprehensive communications study, if the county receives a federal grant. Tim Hardy, director of the county’s Emergency Management Agency, said the county has applied for a regional grant of $69,386.57 through the Department of […]
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Franklin County commissioners approve communications improvements
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Monday to spend $20,000 from the undesignated fund to improve communications and pave a gravel parking lot and walkway at the Regional Communications Center. Communications center Director Stan Wheeler told commissioners that the gravel portion of the lot beside the dispatch center where the dispatchers park needs to be […]