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 […]
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Franklin County authorizes sheriff to get armored vehicle and body armor
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to authorize Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. to get an armored vehicle from the federal government at no cost. Commissioners also voted to allow him to buy new body armor for 14 deputies for $7,699.86. Nichols recommended the county go with the low quote from Body Armor Outlet LLC […]
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J. Calloway: Unacceptable treatment
The Franklin County Budget Committee expresses its unanimous and whole-hearted support for the Franklin County Commissioners’ decision to withhold the quarterly payment to the Department of Corrections. We further unanimously support Sheriff Scott Nichols in his endeavor to negotiate an agreement with the Somerset County sheriff to house our inmates in the Somerset facility. It […]
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Franklin County commissioners vote to withhold jail money
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to withhold the county’s first payment for 2013-14 to the Maine Board of Corrections until a state task force issues a report in December on the unified jail system. They also authorized Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. to look into an alternative plan to house the county’s inmates […]
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Franklin County Commissioners approve $46,250 in grants, scholarship
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to approve $46,250 in TIF grants for improvements to trails and scenic turnarounds, advertising to promote the county and employment training scholarship. A Tax-Increment Financing Application Review Committee received eight applications for grants and one for employment training skills in the third round of applications, Alison Hagerstrom, who […]
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Snow removal contracts awarded
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to award contracts for snow removal in Freeman Township, Salem Township and Lang Township. Commissioners received two bids, one for each of the two routes. Fenwick Construction bid $7,100 per mile for 2013-14 to plow and sand county roads in Freeman and Salem townships. Contractors have to buy […]
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Franklin County hires legal secretary for DA’s office
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Monday to hire Mary Hastings of Chesterville as the new legal secretary for the county District Attorney’s Office. Hastings is a certified police officer. She has worked for the Farmington Police Department and the University of Maine at Farmington. Assistant District Attorney Joshua Robbins said seven people were interviewed […]
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Commissioners approve communications director job description
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners approved a job description Tuesday for a new communications director for the dispatch center. Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. expects to seek board approval to post and advertise the position by mid-September, he said. It’s funded for half a year. The job description was drafted using three other communication centers’ plans […]
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Deputies promoted to corporals
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to promote two county sheriff’s deputies to patrol supervisors with the rank of corporal. They also voted to hire two new full-time deputies to replace them, pending passage of polygraph and psychological exams. It ends a series of promotions that started with the retirement of Lt. Niles Yeaton […]
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Franklin County commissioners get update on jail progress
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners agreed Tuesday to enter into a new one-year contract with Maine Pretrial Services for $69,000. The agency has an office at the Franklin County Detention Center and has been providing services for several years. The contract is effective July 1. Commissioners also learned about upgrades and modifications at the jail, and […]