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Members of the Augusta Planning Board were critical this week of a new state law that seeks to encourage more housing to be built by overriding some local regulations.
Under the plan, most county sheriff's office operations will shift from Hill House at 125 State St. to an existing office building at 73 Winthrop St.
A Farmington office/warehouse property has sold for $1 million. The property, which includes a 15,228-square-foot office and two small warehouses at 449 Cooke St., sold Jan. 7. The buyer was COOKE ST LLC, which is controlled by Richard, Marc and Peter Pare, who are the top executives of Farmington-based All State Construction Inc., which is a tenant in the building. The seller was FJPS LLC, which is controlled by Richard and Fernand Pare, who was the founder of All State Construction Inc. The main office building was built in 1985 and the entire property sits on 4.3 acres.