NEW VINEYARD — An unloaded tractor-trailer truck traveling south on Route 27 lost control coming around a corner and jackknifed on Wednesday morning, Maine State Police Trooper Jed Malcore said. The truck’s cab went into a ditch and the trailer blocked both lanes of travel, he said. The accident reported at 11:35 a.m. closed Route […]
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Verso requests tax abatement for 2015
JAY — Verso Androscoggin LLC and Andro Hydro LLC filed a joint application for an abatement of property taxes for tax year 2015. The companies claim the valuation of the paper mill, associated property and hydroelectric facilities should be reduced by at least $296.99 million, collectively. The town valued the real estate and personal property […]
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Tips for transporting children in vehicles
JAY — June Turcotte, a child passenger safety technician, gave parents information Tuesday to help them keep their children safe while traveling in a vehicle. She advised them to always check the car seat instruction manual and the vehicle manual before installing a car seat. She recommended they always check the expiration date and height and […]
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Jay parents get lesson in child car seat safety
JAY — June Turcotte checked 2-year-old Regan’s car seat to make sure it was safely secured in the back seat of her mother Courtney Nightingale’s SUV. Nightingale watched how Turcotte did it. Turcotte is a child passenger safety seat technician at Central Maine Medical Center Trauma Program in Lewiston. She visited the Jay Early Learning […]
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Kingfield group wants $360K
KINGFIELD — Voters will be asked in June to decide how much to pay and how to pay for the Village Enhancement Committee’s proposed cultural, community and economic development improvements. Selectmen reviewed at their Monday night meeting a number of the committee’s projects, each with funding options and prospects for long-range commitments. In 2011, voters […]
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Strong board prepares for town meeting
STRONG — Selectmen met Tuesday evening to review several details before the March 4 municipal election and March 5 town meeting. Despite their final budget calculations for the 2016 fiscal year, some unexpected costs have popped up. The heat chamber in the town garage furnace has failed and has to be replaced, Selectmen Mike Pond […]
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RSU 9 to begin budget review March 1
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors will begin deliberations on the 2016-17 school budget with administrators during workshops on Tuesday, March 1, and Thursday, March 3, at 6 p.m. in The Forum at the Mount Blue Campus. A light fare will be offered at 5 p.m. at the Chef’s Table to directors and staff […]
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Jay opts to keep roads posted
JAY — Selectpersons voted unanimously Monday to continue to post roads,? including Old Jay Hill Road and Woodman Hill Road, ?which ?are posted to vehicle weight restrictions. John Johnson, ?director of the Public Works Department, posted the town roads to heavy weight limits on Feb. 2 because of the weather. He was before selectpersons to have […]
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Farmington hires new public works director, sets public meeting on staffing fire department
FARMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen confirmed the hiring of Philip C. Hutchins as the town’s new public works director. Hutchins begins the job on March 14. He will work with Director Denis Castonguay for a couple of weeks before he retires, Town Manager Richard Davis said at the Tuesday meeting. Castonguay agreed to stay […]
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State police, law enforcement dive teams train on Rangeley Lake
RANGELEY — Maine State Police and other law enforcement dive teams will be conducting training exercises on Rangeley Lake for the next two weeks. They were out on the lake Tuesday morning, Police Chief Russell French said. They will be training about 300 feet offshore. Four people died in December 2012 when their snowmobiles went […]