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Training Center to Serve as Model for Public Safety Innovation and Collaboration
Opening by the end of 2025, York County’s First Responder Training Center will set a new standard for how Maine prepares police, firefighters, EMS, and dispatchers.
Something Big is Happening
First County Foundation Board Chair Billy Shore, founder of Share Our Strength/No Kid Hungry, shares his vision for growing FCF’s impact—from launching new fundraising efforts to supporting transformative projects like the First Responder Training Center and Substan…
Now under County Supervision, York County Food Pantry Forges Ahead
York County Food Pantry will continue to operate at 5 Swett’s Bridge Road in Alfred, opening to the public as usual on Tuesdays and Fridays from noon to 3 p.m.
First County Foundation Looks to Fill Needs at Training and Recovery Centers
As construction continues on the York County Regional First Responder Training Center and the York County Substance Use Treatment and Recovery Center, the county government is looking ahead to opening day — and to making a difference in the lives of residents in York …
Training Center May be Finished by End of Year
The water line has been brought over from York County Jail to the building site, the foundation for the First Responder Training Center has been poured, sewer piping is complete, and soon, installation of structural steel for the training center will commence.
York County Recovery Center Moves Forward
York County Commissioners have signed off on a $21.9 million guaranteed maximum price for construction of the York County Substance Use Recovery Center. The five-member board made a unanimous vote on Dec. 18, the last meeting of the 2024 calendar year.
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