When York County Commissioners approved the proposed $31.64 m county operating budget for the next fiscal year April 8 and turned it over to the York County Budget Committee, they did so after learning that some state funds for Maine’s 15 county jails would not be forthcoming and reduced by more than $400,000. Then five days later, Commission Chair Richard Dutremble said he'd received word that the Leglislature had found enugh cash to restore state funding. Read more.

York County Commissioners are poised to decide later this spring whether to ask voters in November if they wish to appoint a county treasurer, thus abolishing the elected position.

York County Commissioner Richard Dutremble of Biddeford was unanimously voted as chair of the five-member board during its organizational meeting January 7.

After securing the green light from FEMA Region 1, the project to restore shorelines and beaches in Wells, Saco and Old Orchard Beach ripped bare of protective dunes in a pair of January 2024 storms is scheduled to begin early in the new year.

York County Commissioners approved the hiring of correctional officers and other county personnel at their Sept 3 meeting, voted on a bid for six vehicles at York County Sheriff’s Office and heard a positive update on the York County Jail food services and commissary contracts.

ALFRED, Maine - A familiar face is at the helm of the Board of York County Commissioners for the 2024 calendar year. Richard R. Dutremble...