JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to bring the wages of any firefighter not making $9 an hour up to that amount for the year. They also voted to increase the minimum wage for firefighters to $10 an hour from Jan. 1 through June 30, 2018. Both changes are to comply with Maine’s new minimum-wage law […]
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RSU 10 to move offices to MVHS
RUMFORD — The Regional School Unit 10 school board voted Monday to relocate the district’s central offices to Mountain Valley High School in Rumford. Superintendent Deborah Alden, who began her duties in November, said that she and the Buildings and Grounds Committee reviewed different proposals to address the issue that the current RSU 10 Central […]
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Bill to boost Maine law officers’ pay heads to LePage
AUGUSTA — A bill that boosts the pay of law enforcement officers, including troopers, game wardens, fire marshals and marine patrol officers and their supervisors, by 12 to 18 percent is on its way to the desk of Gov. Paul LePage after a vote in the Maine Senate. The bill, LD 1523, originally provided pay […]
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State budget panel hears bill to increase trooper pay
AUGUSTA — Trooper Dane Wing said he was giving up his lifelong dream of following in his grandfather’s footsteps by being a Maine State Police trooper. Wing, who serves with Troop C out of Skowhegan, told the Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations Committee he simply couldn’t afford to keep working for the state and was resigning Monday […]
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Commissioners approve part-time corrections officer pay increase
FARMINGTON — County commissioners agreed to increase wages for part-time corrections officers at the Franklin County jail from $13.07 an hour to $14.01 an hour, effective March 7. Jail Administrator Maj. Doug Blauvelt requested the increase because now all corrections officers, including those who are part time, have to be fully certified as required by […]
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Bill would dock Maine lawmakers’ pay when they skip work
AUGUSTA — State Sen. Linda Baker thinks it’s important to show up. Especially if you’ve been elected to serve the people of Maine and are getting paid to do so, said Baker, a Topsham Republican and former schoolteacher. Baker is offering legislation that would dock lawmakers’ pay when they have poor attendance records. “If legislators […]
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Livermore Falls manager wants selectmen to rescind vote on paid day off
LIVERMORE FALLS — Town Manager Kristal Flagg will ask selectmen Tuesday to rescind their Dec. 2 vote to give nonessential town employees the day after Christmas off with pay. Instead, she will offer the board another option, which she initially discussed prior to the board making its decision. She will ask selectmen to allow the […]
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Committee signs plea to AG over Androscoggin County pay authority
AUBURN — A dozen members of the Androscoggin County Budget Committee have signed a plea to Maine’s Attorney General seeking help to end the growing controversy over the authority to set pay for elected county commissioners. Meanwhile, the debate is growing among the county’s 14 towns. By next Wednesday, selectmen and councilors in at least […]
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Sabattus condemns county commissioners for restoring their pay
SABATTUS — Selectmen have sent Androscoggin County commissioners a letter taking them to task for overturning the county Budget Committee’s recommendation to knock back commissioners’ pay. In a meeting last month, two of the three commissioners voted to restore most of their own pay and benefits that had been cut by the Budget Committee. In […]
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Franklin County panel reduces jail payment to state by $50,000
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to deduct $50,000 from the state Board of Corrections request of $365,288 for the first half of a 2014-15 major mission change payment. Commissioners decided to pay $315,288 for the first payment. The same amount was paid last year in two equal payments for a total of […]