FARMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen voted 3-1 Tuesday to place a permanent weight limit on vehicles traveling Porter Hill Road. Selectmen Joshua Bell, Stephan Bunker and Micheal Fogg supported an 80,000-pound weight limit on trucks using the road, which is under reconstruction. Selectman Matthew Smith, a logger, voted against the move. Selectman Andrew Buckland […]
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Public Works budget overdraft rises
FARMINGTON — If the weather stays calm and sunny as predicted for the next couple days, the Public Works Department will not go any farther over budget. At this point, the department has gone $129,000 over budget for 2014, Town Manager Richard Davis recently told the Board of Selectmen. This leaves the department at 13 […]
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Weather takes toll on Public Works budget
FARMINGTON — Snow, ice, a polar vortex and summer rains this year have taken a toll on the Public Works Department’s budget. The department is over budget $96,000, or about 9 percent, for the year, with two weeks left, Town Manager Richard Davis told selectmen Tuesday. State law allows public works departments to run up […]
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Farmington board awards front-end loader contract
FARMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen unanimously awarded a $144,967 contract for a 2015 FXR Case loader to Beauregard Equipment of Hermon on Tuesday. Thirteen bids were received, ranging from $122,000 to $164,000, Town Manager Richard Davis told the board. The low bids did not meet requested specifications and the higher bids were for a […]
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Morrison Hill Road work undertaken this summer
FARMINGTON — A few more culvert replacements need to be done before gravel and a base coat of pavement is added to Morrison Hill Road. “We’re taking the metal culverts out and replacing with a plastic one,” Public Works employee Ron Jalbert said Tuesday as he dug up the road with the town’s backhoe. The […]
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Board considers replacement of loader for Farmington Public Works
FARMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen unanimously requested more information Tuesday before deciding on how to replace a town loader that has broken down. The transmission in the 1989 Caterpillar loader is no longer functional, Greg Soule, shop manager of the Public Works Department, told the board. Estimates received for fixing the aging-but-needed machine near […]
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Farmington sinkhole gets temporary fix
FARMINGTON — The sinkhole that developed Wednesday on Front Street is fixed, at least for now. A permanent fix, anticipated to be expensive, will have to be budgeted, Town Manager Richard Davis said Thursday. The tire on a front-end loader went through the pavement Wednesday following the heavy rains Tuesday night. The road was dug […]
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Farmington committee discusses road plans
FARMINGTON — A change at the intersection of Front and Main streets is expected to help ease a tricky turn. About 120 feet of curbing will be added along Front Street next to McDonald’s, Denis Castonguay, Farmington Public Works director, recently told members of the town’s Road Advisory Committee. Front Street will be squared off […]
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Farmington board accepts truck bid
FARMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen accepted a bid Tuesday for a 2014 Freightliner truck cab and chassis for $75,628 from Freightliner of Maine in Westbrook. The company was the second-lowest bidder, Public Works Director Denis Castonguay said. The lowest was $301 less, but didn’t meet the specifications the department requested. Payment will be taken […]