LIVERMORE FALLS — The main room in the newly renovated Fire Station will provide space for training for the Fire and Police Departments, Fire Chief Edward Hastings IV said. Tables and chairs set up in diagonal fashion face a large-screen television. A grant from the Walmart Foundation paid for the TV and a significant number of […]
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Livermore Falls selectmen approve fire station bid
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen moved ahead with a fire station renovation project Tuesday, approving a low bid of $585,585 from H.E. Callahan Construction Co. of Auburn for the work. Voting in favor were Heather Bronish, Tom Barker, Rodney Heikkinen and Nixon Ortiz. George Cummings abstained. The work will include a new internally drained roof and […]
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Livermore Falls selectmen approve fire station renovation estimate
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday approved a base estimate of up to $715,958.20 for fire station renovations. Town Manager Kristal Flagg said the project won’t be able to be put out to bid until the U.S. Department of Agriculture releases financing for it. The project allows for a new, internally drained […]
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Volunteers to install free smoke detectors in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — Fire Chief Edward Hastings IV said at Tuesday’s selectmen meeting that his department is working with the American Red Cross to install free smoke detectors for residents who want them before winter. He said a planning meeting was scheduled mid-month, followed by a meeting to spread information about the program. “I think […]
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Livermore Falls: Voters reject financing for new fire station
LIVERMORE FALLS — It’s back to the drawing board for Livermore Falls officials. At Tuesday’s special town meeting, residents turned down a warrant article that would have provided up to $1.5 million in financing for a new fire station. The article was defeated, 44-47. At a selectmen meeting following the special town meeting, the board and […]
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East Livermore residents want fire engines at town garage
LIVERMORE FALLS — Resident and firefighter Tom Barker presented selectmen Tuesday night with a petition signed by 78 East Livermore residents requesting that two firetrucks be placed in the front two bays of the town garage. The petition requests the trucks be moved in order to provide better protection to that section of town than […]
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Strong man charged with OUI
FARMINGTON — A Strong man accused in November of failing to report a crash by quickest means has now been charged with operating under the influence. Wesley Adams, 25, was issued a summons for operating under the influence Sunday by Farmington police Sgt. Edward Hastings IV, according to a news release on Sunday. Hastings received […]
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West Farmington man charged with disorderly conduct
FARMINGTON — Police said a West Farmington man was arrested Saturday after a driver complained about him taking his pants off in public as she drove by with her 4-year-old daughter. Police had dealt with Joel Batzell, 64, twice on Friday before making the arrest Saturday on charges of disorderly conduct and violation of conditions […]
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Farmington man arrested on charges of gross sexual assault
FARMINGTON — Police said a local man was charged Monday with sexually assaulting a person Sunday evening on Pleasant Street. Jonathan Dumont, 29, of 121 Pleasant St., was charged with three Class A counts of gross sexual assault, Farmington police Sgt. Edward Hastings IV said in a news release. Each charge is punishable by up […]
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Police officer charged
FARMINGTON — The Maine Warden Service has charged a local police sergeant in the unintentional killing of a cow moose, for which he did not have a permit. Edward Hastings IV, 30, of Chesterville was issued a summons for a rule violation, a low-level crime punishable by up to six months in jail and a […]