NEW SHARON — Voters will gather at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Cape Cod Hill School to decide whether to spend $1.8 million for a new town office and fire station. After months of work, selectmen and the building committee have agreed to propose the least expensive option to address the fire station and town […]
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New Sharon passes tax discount at special town meeting
NEW SHARON — Voters reinstated Saturday a 3 percent discount for taxes paid in full within 30 days of the billing date. About 85 residents gathered for the special town meeting and took about a half-hour to pass all five articles on the warrant. Voters also agreed to take $36,000 from surplus funds this year […]
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New Sharon voters to decide on tax discount
NEW SHARON — A special town meeting on whether to offer a discount for taxes paid within 30 days, how to fund the discount if it passes and whether to make the road commissioner and treasurer positions three-year terms will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Cape Cod Hill School. During the annual […]
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Chesterville woman hired as Franklin County webmaster
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to hire Rachel Heseltine as webmaster for the county. The decision followed an executive session. She was selected from among four qualified candidates, county Clerk Julie Magoon said. The interview committee was made up of Magoon; Jim Desjardins, IT systems administrator; Vickie Braley, financial manager; and Sarah […]
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Four Franklin County employees apply for webmaster position
FARMINGTON — Four Franklin County employees have applied for the new position of county webmaster. Interviews will be conducted by an interview team the week of Nov. 28. The county’s website, www.franklincounty.maine.gov, was created and launched in February by Lorna Nichols, cook supervisor at the jail. It had 15,402 hits on it by noon Tuesday. Nichols, […]
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Franklin County recognizes dispatcher, cook supervisor
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners recognized Lorna Nichols for her work on the county’s new website and dispatcher William “Bill” Hoyt for his efforts to help save a Canadian man who had a severe electrical shock. Nichols had been helping to improve the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office website for her husband, Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr., […]
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New Sharon to elect officers March 12
NEW SHARON — The town is breaking with tradition this year by moving the annual town meeting to the second Saturday in March. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 12, at Cape Cod Hill School, Town Clerk Pamela Griswold. The Maine National Guard holds a drill weekend at the first of the […]
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Commissioners approve new hire, transfer funds
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Monday to hire a part-time cook at the jail and to move three employees to permanent full-time status. Commissioners accepted an interview panel’s recommendation and hired Amanda Stevens of Farmington as a part-time cook. She passed her background checks, oral boards and was selected as the one most capable […]
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New Sharon to vote on buying new computer system
NEW SHARON — A special town meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, to ask that selectmen be authorized to spend up to $10,000 for a new computer system and to retrieve data from a server that crashed on Oct. 25. The money would come from the surplus account. Lorna Nichols, chairwoman […]
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New Sharon voters to consider 8 articles
NEW SHARON — Voters at a special town meeting Wednesday will consider allowing the Board of Selectmen to appoint a town clerk and tax collector and to set Town Office hours. Residents will consider eight articles during the meeting, which begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Town Office. During the annual town meeting in March, […]