FARMINGTON - The Franklin County Commissioners considered an emergency request for a TIF grant for the North Franklin Snowmobile Club, based in Phillips, for major repairs to the snowmobile trails in Madrid Township. Commissioner Bob Carlton attended a meeting with regional snowmobile clubs following the flood of December 18. The clubs are working to re-establish
MADRID TOWNSHIP - The bridge over Orbeton Stream on Reeds Mill Road in Madrid has been reopened for travel on Friday, December 29. A temporary bridge has been installed over the existing structure and the weight restriction has been removed. The temporary bridge is only one lane wide with a gravel approach on either end,
MADRID TOWNSHIP - The Franklin County Commissioners Office has announced that the bridge crossing over Orbeton Stream on the Reeds Mill Road in Madrid Township will be closed to traffic beginning on Wednesday, December 27 while the temporary bridge is installed. Please seek alterative routes until the area is reopened. A follow-up announcement will be
CARRABASSETT VALLEY - A second homeowner in Carrabassett Valley addressed the select board during the regular meeting Monday night to propose that the town approach the Penobscot Indian Nation regarding land in the valley. Michael Wing, a long-time second homeowner in Carrabassett Valley, recently read in the Portland Press Herald about a project that the
MADRID TOWNSHIP - The Franklin County Commissioners voted Tuesday afternoon to move forward with a temporary bridge over Orbeton Stream on the Reeds Mill Road in Madrid Township. This month, the State of Maine Department of Transportation notified the county that the bridge over Orbeton Stream, located between the Reeds Mill Church and the intersection