JAY — Selectpersons will discuss raising the base pay for firefighters and ballot clerks to $9 per hour Monday, Dec. 26, to meet the new minimum wage law that goes into effect Jan. 7. The meeting is at 6 p.m. at the Town Office. There are eight firefighters who were identified as needing changes to […]
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Farmington postpones hiring full-time firefighters until changes made to policies
FARMINGTON — The hiring of the first two full-time firefighters was postponed Tuesday until wording of nepotism clauses in the town’s personnel policy and the Fire/Rescue Department’s hiring policy are changed and considered by selectmen. Townspeople voted in March to approve hiring four full-time firefighters for the department. The town does not currently have any […]
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Jay OKs emergency communications repeater
JAY — Selectpersons approved Police Chief Richard Caton IV’s request to use $3,280 from the department’s capital account to purchase a 50-watt repeater. The old one is more than 10 years old and has been out of production for five years. When the repeater went down, Dirigo Wireless was called and was unable to fix […]
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Phillips firefighters to resign effective Feb. 9; new chief resigns
PHILLIPS — Fourteen of the 17 active firefighters voted Thursday night to resign from the Municipal Volunteer Fire Department effective Feb. 9, according to a news release issued by members. The department also covers the town of Avon and Madrid Township. The department’s members were upset that the town manager did not consult with them […]
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Legislature again looks to help bolster volunteer firefighters in Maine
AUGUSTA – Lawmakers on the Legislature’s Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee got their first look at a new report on problems with recruitment, retention and training for volunteer firefighters across Maine. Lawmakers also discussed how to best move forward with establishing a central training facility for volunteer fire departments and how to best fund […]
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Auburn firefighters make quick work of fire at Globe Footwear
AUBURN — Firefighters made quick work of a fire Thursday at Globe Footwear in the Auburn-Lewiston Airpark Industrial Park. The fire reportedly started in a fan at the Wrights Landing factory just after 2:30 p.m. and spread to a corner of the building. Within minutes of arrival, firefighters had the blaze under control. The cause […]
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Auburn ambulance service calls increase more than 1,000
AUBURN — Fire Chief Frank Roma said Fire Department emergency medical service requests increased from 2,313 before the city had an ambulance service to 3,438 after the service started in mid-October 2014. “The program has met both projections we had when we started, as far as service delivery and projected revenues,” Roma said. Roma presented a […]
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Logger injured in Strong woods accident
STRONG — Firefighters, emergency medical providers and private citizens pitched in Thursday to get an injured local logger out of the woods off Lambert Hill Road, Fire Chief Duayne Boyd said. The logger, whose name Boyd did not know, was notching a tree when a skidder rolled backward and a tire struck his upper leg […]
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Fire destroys northern Oxford County camp
LINCOLN PLANTATION — Fire destroyed a camp on the east shore of Aziscohos Lake in northern Oxford County late Sunday afternoon, Rangeley Fire Chief Tim Pellerin said. It took the Rangeley Fire Rescue Department about 50 minutes to get to scene on Raspberry Lane, traveling 33 miles up Route 16 to Wilsons Mills and seven […]