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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Downeast, Dispatch magazines form joint venture
PORTLAND — After months of discussions, Maine’s iconic glossy Down East magazine has agreed to team up with nimble nightlife periodical Dispatch of Portland. Under a co-publishing agreement reached Friday, the Camden-based 60-year-old monthly now shares sales staff with the youth-oriented, events-based Dispatch, which comes out nine times a year. Editorial oversight will fall under […]
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Livermore Falls sets up dispatch equipment when communications tower goes off-line
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Police Department’s old emergency dispatching equipment was put to use late Tuesday to allow firefighters to be paged out, if needed, after a communications tower went down for nearly 90 minutes. There is a backup generator for the Moose Hill tower, but it didn’t kick in, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. […]
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Oxford County dispatcher workstations getting a comfort upgrade
PARIS — Emergency dispatchers in Oxford County must be seated in chairs, staring at a monitor up to 12 hours a day. Now those workstations are getting a little more comfortable. Dispatchers’ consoles at the Oxford County Regional Communications Center will be swapped out for more ergonomic models later this summer. The purchase is fully […]
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Marble, Fails promoted in Franklin County
FARMINGTON — Two Franklin County employees were promoted Tuesday. Franklin County commissioners voted to promote dispatcher Tom Marble of Wilton to a supervisor at the Franklin County Regional Communications Center. He will fill a seven-month vacancy created by Meagan Gaboury’s resignation. Marble, who has worked for the county for 14 years, is one of the […]
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Two candidates to be interviewed for communications director
FARMINGTON — Two candidates for the new position of communications director will be interviewed next week, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. told commissioners Tuesday. The county received applications from five candidates. The person hired will oversee the dispatch center. In other Sheriff’s Department business, commissioners voted Tuesday to hire Jesse Clement of Kingfield as […]
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Commissioners approve battery backup for dispatch center
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to spend $16,749 to buy a battery backup system from Schneider Electric of Massachusetts and have it installed at the new dispatch center. Peter Smith, director of Somerset County Technical Services, told commissioners that the system will keep dispatch computers and other equipment online if the power goes […]