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6 October
10:58 pm

The small town of Frenchville with nine hundred people would have to pay ten thousand dollars more this winter had I not been successful.

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Susan Collins, at Maine U.S. Senate General Election Debate 1 (WGME)

10:58 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific figures about Frenchville's population and the cost impact of road salt tariffs — both the population figure and the cost estimate are verifiable.
What we foundThe $10,000 road salt cost and Collins' success in securing an exemption are confirmed by multiple sources, but the claim that Frenchville has 'nine hundred people' is inaccurate — current population estimates range from approximately 970 to 1,052.
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