AUBURN — The Auburn Republican Committee meeting will be held in conjunction with the Androscoggin County Republican meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, in Auburn Hall.
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Robert Poulin, citing health reasons, resigns as county treasurer
AUBURN — Longtime Androscoggin County Treasurer Robert Poulin resigned last week for health reasons. Poulin has served as treasurer since October 2001. “I found him very accommodating,” County Administrator Larry Post said. “He always just wanted to do a good job. His assistance was invaluable to me with things like the budget, union contracts and […]
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County commissioners table personnel policy — again
AUBURN — What commissioners thought would be a quick review and ratification of the personnel policy for Androscoggin County on Wednesday turned into a 2½-hour workshop that ended by tabling the issue for the third consecutive meeting. Perhaps it wasn’t an albatross around their necks, but many commissioners clearly wanted the issue resolved by now. […]
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Androscoggin commissioners consider policy to limit contact with attorney
AUBURN — Tens of thousands of dollars spent on legal fees by the county during the past couple of years have prompted the Androscoggin County Commission to consider a new policy for contacting the county attorney. The policy introduced at Wednesday’s meeting would restrict commissioners from contacting the county attorney without authority from the board […]
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Officials make cases for jail services
Please erase whichever of the Andersen/Westrum photos you do not want. I prefer the version where Andersen, left, is looking at Westrum, but the focus on Westrum is softer than in the other shot. PARIS — Officials representing jails in Wiscasset and Portland made their cases Tuesday before Oxford County commissioners, who were set to […]
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Oxford County agrees to offer to board inmates
SOUTH PARIS — Oxford County commissioners Wednesday received matching offers from two jails to board prisoners. Sheriff Wayne Gallant and county Administrator Scott Cole told commissioners an agreement has been reached with Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset. “The sheriff and (jail administrator) Capt. Ed Quinn and I went to Wiscasset last week, and we […]
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Oxford County facing doubling of inmate board fee
PARIS — Oxford County Administrator Scott Cole told commissioners Tuesday that if the county has to pay more than double the current rate to board prisoners in Cumberland County starting Friday, the county will probably be insolvent in about a year. The immediate issue for commissioners is how to respond to a demand from Cumberland […]
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Oxford County Courthouse to be expanded, preserved
PARIS — The Oxford County Courthouse on Western Avenue, a stately building which has sat on a Paris hillside for 12 decades, is going to be expanded, while still preserving its original beauty. The courthouse, built in 1895 by Lewiston architect G.M. Coombs as a showpiece, was designed to combine beauty with function. The county added copious […]
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Oxford County Commissioners revisit jail funding
PARIS — County Administrator Scott Cole briefed the Oxford County commissioners Tuesday on jail funding discussions after having attended a recent statewide gathering of his peers from other Maine counties. “I think the counties collectively were more focused on the state money,” Cole told the commissioners, “and they felt that any other efforts would undermine […]
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Face time: Scott Cole — Trusted administrator may no longer be ‘from away’
Being “from away” isn’t necessarily a permanent brand in the eyes of Mainers. It may not be entirely forgotten, but it can be pretty much forgiven. “If the ‘from away’ thing exists,” wrote Oxford County Administrator Scott Cole for this interview, “I am the ultimate example of assimilation: Mainers have let me run their towns […]