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Three cities propose county land for warming center; delegation to review plan on Oct. 14

5887481 · October 1, 2025
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Mayors and city managers have proposed building a 10,000-square-foot warming center on county land behind the county jail; the three cities would pay construction costs and operate the facility under a long-term lease. The plan will be included in the delegation packet for the Oct. 14 meeting.

County officials told the Strafford County legislative delegation executive committee that three municipalities have proposed constructing a warming center on county property behind the county jail and that the cities would pay most construction and operating costs.

Under the current plan described to the committee, the municipalities would tear down the county's old humane society building behind the jail and construct a roughly 10,000-square-foot warming center. The cities would share construction costs; the county would lease the land to the municipalities for $1 a year under a long-term lease (the presentation described a 90- to 99-year lease term and a…

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