The bridge study team is looking for feedback from members of the community over the next two weeks to add to the comments gathered from some 40 residents who joined the virtual meeting Thursday night.
Selectmen met with department heads Tuesday and much of the discussion revolved around bonuses for police officers and a new generator for the Skowhegan Community Center.
Municipal department heads made their pitches this week for how the money should be used, with Chief of Police David Bucknam requesting $10,000 bonuses for his officers.
Morning Sentinel year in review: COVID-19 outbreak at Madison nursing home highlights insidiousness of virus
Mascot selection, economic development, and a rural town s first full-time firefighters were also among the top stories in the Madison, Norridgewock and Skowhegan areas of Somerset County.
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Mascot selection, the hiring of full-time firefighters in Norridgewock and economic developments within the town of Skowhegan were among the Morning Sentinel’s top stories of 2020, but overshadowing all was the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and in particular the devastation that struck the Maplecrest nursing home in Madison.
The beginning of the year kicked off with the selection process for the Skowhegan-area school district’s new nickname, with the months-long process resulting in a final vote on Oct. 8 favoring the River Hawks.