LIVERMORE FALLS — An architect will present plans for a new fire station, site evaluations and costs at a selectmen meeting Tuesday, Oct. 13. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Office. In August, voters narrowly rejected approving up to $750,000 to build a fire station. The town’s insurance company ordered […]
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West Paris Fire Station to be modified
WEST PARIS — The Fire Station will soon have a new wall, giving the fire chief a private space for meeting with the public and offering more security for records and equipment. The current building configuration does not allow for much privacy or security in the chief’s office area, because his desk is just inside the […]
Livermore Falls voters to decide on new fire station Tuesday
LIVERMORE FALLS — Voters will decide whether to construct a new fire station on the lot of the existing building at a special town meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, at the Town Office. The article asks residents to seek financing of up to $750,000 for construction of the new building. Another article asks […]
Livermore Falls selectmen opt to construct new fire station
LIVERMORE FALLS — To build a new fire station or renovate the existing one? That was the question facing the Livermore Falls Board of Selectmen at their meeting on Tuesday. They reached a 4-1 consensus to build a new fire station, with Louise Chabot, James Collins, Mary Young and Jeff Bryant in favor of a new […]
Jay open to housing Livermore Falls firetrucks
JAY — The town’s No. 2 Fire Station has two empty bays that could be used to house two of Livermore Falls’ firetrucks, Jay Fire Rescue Chief Mike Booker told selectpersons Monday. Jay also has a bay that could be used at the No. 1 Fire Station in North Jay. The No. 2 station is […]
Auburn looks to replace fire station floor
AUBURN — For $120,000, the city could get a more secure floor in its Minot Avenue fire station vehicle bay without disturbing people working in the office below. City staff outlined the repairs to the Central Fire Station planned for this fall. Councilors are scheduled to vote on setting aside the money for that work […]
Canton Water District plans water main extension
CANTON — The Canton Water District is applying for grants to extend its water main from the downtown to the new Town Office and fire station on Route 108, Superintendent Debi Hutchins told selectmen last week. “We’re trying to get decent water to the fire station, but there is no financial obligation (on the town’s […]
Canton board sets date to move the Town Office into new building on Route 108
CANTON — People visiting the Town Office next month will find it in a bigger and more structurally sound building. Selectmen decided Thursday night to close the Town Office at 9 Staples Hill Road and move its contents into the new building beside the fire station on Route 108/Turner Street on April 9. Administrator Scotty […]
Livermore Falls board adds $1,000 for Fire Station study, survey
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted Tuesday to increase the allocation for a comprehensive engineering study and topical survey of the Fire Station by $1,000 to make it $7,500. A preliminary engineer’s report indicates the station, which was built decades ago, has significant structural issues. Selectmen voted in December to allocate $6,500 for a National Academy […]
MMA downgrades insurance coverage on Liv. Falls Fire Station
LIVERMORE FALLS — Town Manager Kristal Flagg said she told selectmen Tuesday night that the Maine Municipal Association has reduced the insurance coverage on the Fire Station, increased the deductible and removed collapse coverage. The MMA saw a story in the Sun Journal in December outlining the deteriorating structural condition of the station that was […]