Skowhegan Gains Jail Plans Support Officials Seek Suitable Location

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SKOWHEGAN - By contemplating the siting of a new $12 million county jail near a coveted land preservation area, Somerset County Commissioners may have inadvertently triggered an outpouring of help that they have been waiting five years to receive.

Members of Skowhegan's Conservation Committee and economic development group on Wednesday pledged to assist the commissioners in finding and reviewing potential sites for the jail after they balked at the proposed location on River Road.

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Skowhegan Gains Jail Plans Support Officials Seek Suitable Location

The commissioners have worked virtually alone for years as they tried to find a new, suitable jail location. Requests for help from the town of Skowhegan, the county seat, were i...

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