FARMINGTON — Selectmen voted unanimously Thursday to allow Meetinghouse Park to be used for a march supporting those affected by the shooting deaths at a Parkland, Fla., high school last month. Mt. Blue senior River Lisius is organizing March for Our Lives. She requested the closure of downtown streets March 24 for a march from […]
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Engineering firm hired for Farmington's street work
FARMINGTON — Selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday night to hire Dirigo Engineering of Fairfield to design improvements to Front Street. The $11,000 award includes $6,500 for topographical survey through final design, $1,500 for contract administration, $2,000 for lighting and $1,000 for a public meeting. Town Manager Richard Davis said since the company is doing the culvert […]
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Selectmen given update on Front Street culvert replacement
FARMINGTON — Selectmen received an update Tuesday night on the Front Street culvert replacement project. Town Manager Richard Davis said he had met with Dirigo Engineering and engineers from Fairpoint. “FairPoint has agreed to relocate their cables,” Davis said. “They’ll fan them out on top of the culvert rather than have them go through as […]
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Farmington selectmen make budget recommendations
FARMINGTON — Selectmen, in their final review of the 2018 municipal budget Thursday, unanimously recommended adding $20,000 for recycling/bulky waste. The increase brings the proposed recycling budget to $96,549. Town Manager Richard Davis said the Public Works Department budget was overdrawn because of hauling bulky waste to the landfill in Norridgewock for $140 a trip. […]
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Board approves special town meeting, wage increase
FARMINGTON — Selectmen on Tuesday signed the warrant for a special town meeting at 7 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Community Center. Voters will consider spending up to $120,000 from the unassigned fund balance to purchase 20 air packs for the Fire Rescue Department. The department’s packs are 16 years old and do not meet […]
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Farmington voters OK $5.89 million budget
FARMINGTON — Voters passed all articles on Monday’s town meeting warrant appropriating a total budget of $5.89 million to operate town business and departments. The total represents an increase of $288,306 over the proposed $5.6 million budget recommended by the Board of Selectmen. Voters approved a motion to increase the Public Works Department’s budget by […]
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Farmington voters OK $5.89 million budget
FARMINGTON — Voters passed all articles on Monday’s town meeting warrant appropriating a total budget of $5.89 million to operate town business and departments. The total represents an increase of $288,306 over the proposed $5.6 million budget recommended by the Board of Selectmen. Voters approved a motion to increase the Public Works Department’s budget by […]
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No cost-of-living raises for Farmington employees, Public Works director to stay through winter
FARMINGTON — Public Works Director Denis Castonguay has offered to stay on in his position through the winter so the town can advertise the position once again in the spring. The Board of Selectmen agreed Tuesday to compensate Castonguay by adding $3,850 to his regular salary of about $57,000. Earlier this year, Castonguay announced his […]
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Town seeks pedestrian crosswalk lights from MDOT
FARMINGTON — The Maine Department of Transportation has some flashing pedestrian crossing lights available for free, Town Manager Richard Davis told the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday. The solar-powered lights are similar to the flashing crosswalk lights used on Main Street at the University of Maine at Farmington, he said. They are quite expensive. If […]
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More plants needed for Whittier Road stabilization project
FARMINGTON — Only 25 percent of vegetation planted on the riverbank at the site of the Whittier Road stabilization project has survived the first year. The survival rate of vegetation needs to be at 70 percent by the end of the second year to meet conditions of some grants and permits received on the project, […]