Chaffee Brook News Today

Officials say they are looking for ways to ease costs, which are being driven upward by debt repayment on a sewer project and the rising price of sewage treatment.

The Chaffee Brook station pumps all of Winslow's sewage in a single pipe beneath the Kennebec River that hasn't been updated in decades.

The station, built in 1970 and not updated since 1998, pumps all of Winslow's untreated sewage in a single pipe beneath the Kennebec River to a treatment plant in Waterville. It sustained major damage during last year's floods.

The Town Council met Monday and discussed a proposal to meet twice a month, rather than just once, in an effort to be more transparent.

Crews are working along China Road to install larger drainage pipes and conduct other work to alleviate the flooding that has occurred for years at the intersection of China Road and Bay Street.

Erica LaCroix spent three years leading Winslow's municipal operations and is scheduled to take the helm in Farmington in December.

Erica LaCroix spent three years leading Winslow's municipal operations and is scheduled to take the helm in Farmington in December.

The budget approved Monday represents a $1.9 million increase over the current spending package.

Work on the pumping station, built in the 1970s, and adding two sewer lines at the bottom of the Kennebec River could total $8 million, according to town officials.

In one race, a former town councilor comes out of retirement to challenge two incumbents for an at-large council position, and in the other contest, a 19-year-old Thomas College student competes for a school board seat with a former town councilor of 26 years.