FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to close 1/5 of a mile of East Madrid Road in Madrid Township to winter maintenance. The action followed a hearing on the proposal. The county will continue summer maintenance on the county’s portion of the road but will not plow snow or sand or perform other winter […]
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Commissioners to decide on closing part of Madrtid Township road
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners will hold a public hearing Tuesday, Sept. 23, on their intent to close .27 miles of the East Madrid Road in Madrid Township to winter maintenance. The hearing will be held at 9 a.m. in the commissioners’ meeting room at the Franklin County Courthouse. The county is in the process […]
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Franklin County sets public hearing on Madrid Township road
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners will hold a public hearing Sept. 23 on a proposal to discontinue winter maintenance on a section of East Madrid Road in Madrid Township. The hearing will be held at 9 a.m. in the commissioners’ meeting room at the County Courthouse on Main Street in Farmington. The section is approximately […]
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Phillips loses plow truck to fire
PHILLIPS — A fast-moving fire reduced the town’s 2010 International plow truck to charred rubble Wednesday. The driver was not injured. Public Works employee Matt Stevens was plowing the remote East Madrid Road when he saw the flames shooting from the hood of the double-axle wheeler, Town Manager Elaine Hubbard said. Stevens, also an experienced […]
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Recorded evidence indicates section of Madrid Township road is private
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners received the surveyor’s results on the upper East Madrid Road in Madrid Township. It appears that 0.7 mile at the end of the road, where the county has been doing winter maintenance, is a private road and not under the jurisdiction of the county, Commissioner Gary McGrane of Jay said Tuesday. […]
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Deputy investigating burglaries in Phillips, Madrid Township
PHILLIPS — The Franklin County Sheriff Department is investigating two burglaries on the East Madrid Road, one in Phillips and the other in Madrid Township, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said Friday. Cpl. Nate Reid responded to a garage burglary where two ATVs were taken and ridden around the property, Nichols said. A hose was cut, […]
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Farmington company gets contract to survey Madrid Township road
FARMINGTON — A Farmington company was awarded the contract to survey about 1.8 miles of the East Madrid Road in Madrid Township. Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to accept a bid of $4,800 from ACME Land Survey LLC to survey the portion of the road. If expert testimony is necessary, it will be billed separately […]
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Surveying of East Madrid Road to go out to bid
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners are seeking bids to get a section of the East Madrid Road in Madrid Township surveyed to settle a dispute with a landowner. The panel voted to put a request for bids out Tuesday. Clerk Julie Magoon said she was working on the bid specifications Wednesday and planned to visit […]