HARRISON — Slick roads and mechanical problems caused a Harrison firetruck to roll over on Route 35 on Sunday afternoon. Engine 4, Harrison’s first response engine, was returning from investigating a carbon monoxide detector on Harrison Heights Road when it apparently lost its brakes. The operator of the truck was unable to break going down a […]
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Selectmen approve lease-purchase for new dump truck
SABATTUS — Selectmen on Tuesday unanimously agreed to accept O’Connor GMC of Augusta’s bid of $88,816 for the lease-purchase of a 2016 Western Star 4700SF cab and chassis for use as a dump truck. The price is within the town’s allocated budget, approved by voters in May, according to Road Foreman Gary Labonte. The truck has a diesel-powered engine and […]
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Woodstock residents approve lease-purchase of 2016 pumper-tanker firetruck
WOODSTOCK — Residents voted Tuesday evening to authorize the town to lease-purchase a 2016 Freightliner pumper-tanker firetruck during a special town meeting at the Woodstock Town Office. The 350-horsepower Freightliner would be built by Midwest Fire Co. in Luverne, Minn., for $218,944. Town Manager Vern Maxfield explained that the Woodstock Fire Department’s 1987 Engine 1 […]
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Sabattus budget proposals weigh new fire truck, sidewalk sweeper
SABATTUS — Selectmen have endorsed a $3 million budget that puts aside money for roads, dips into savings for a firetruck next year and keeps the head of maintenance at the Town Office. At $55,000 less, the Budget Committee has proposed cutting that maintenance position, setting aside money for a future firetruck and saying no […]
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Auburn council plans to stick to 1.8 percent budget increase
AUBURN — Councilors signaled Monday night that they plan to keep city budgets on a tight line, limiting both municipal and school spending to a strict 1.8 percent increase. Councilors heard budget presentations from both School Superintendent Katy Grondin and acting City Manager Howard Kroll at a special workshop meeting Monday night. Kroll’s budget called […]
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Wilton Fire and Rescue’s new ladder truck arrives
WILTON — A new ladder truck for Wilton Fire and Rescue arrived on Saturday. For more than two years, the Firetruck Committee, Town Manager Rhonda Irish and members of the department have addressed the need for ladder coverage of the town’s buildings, fire Chief Sonny Dunham said Monday. The 76-foot ladder HME truck is “big […]
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Town to purchase parcel for $32,800
POLAND — Town Manager Bradley Plante told selectmen Tuesday night that the Conservation Commission raised enough money in private donations to purchase the 32-acre Furman property, which is key to the development of a town hiking-trail system. Owner Jennifer Furman had agreed to donate half of the property’s appraised value of $65,600 and sell the property to […]
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Board of Selectmen approve purchase of ambulance
BUCKFIELD — The Board of Selectmen approved the purchase of a 1998 Ford custom ambulance from Stoneham Rescue for $6,000. Rescue Chief Floyd Richardson said $4,995 would come from the Fire Equipment Reserve and a $1,005 donation from the Rescue Association, which the board voted to accept. Richardson said the ambulance was in very good […]
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Farmington hosts 51st Maine State Federation of Firefighters Convention
FARMINGTON — Farmington Fire and Rescue will host the 51st Maine State Federation of Firefighters Convention this weekend, Sept. 5-7. It’s the third time for the local department to play host to firefighters from around the state, fire Chief Terry Bell said. “We want them to come to Farmington and have a good time,” he […]
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Woodstock voters to decide money questions
WOODSTOCK — Residents will decide how to deal with $50,000 in overdrafts and a reduction of the town’s tax commitment at a special town meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, at the Woodstock Town Office, Town Manager Vern Maxfield said Friday morning. The town meeting will take after the selectmen meeting at 5 p.m, […]