The Spruce Mountain boys’ basketball team was able to pull out a 64-45 victory over the Lisbon Greyhounds before a noisy crowd at The Nest Monday, Feb. 4.
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Jay board splits on money for school resource officer
JAY — Selectpersons voted 3-2 Monday to put $50,000 in a separate line in the proposed 2019-20 budget for a resource officer at Regional School Unit 73. Budget Committee members voted 6-4 to do the same. Talks regarding the library budget and donations will continue at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the library at Spruce Mountain […]
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Sledding at Spruce Mountain
Caileb Williams, a third-grade student at Spruce Mountain Elementary School in Jay enjoys sledding Monday morning at Spruce Mountain Ski Slope in Jay. Students were treated to a morning of sledding as a reward for the school’s Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports program. (Franklin Journal photo by Dee Menear) Amy Espeaignnette, left, and her daughter Emily […]
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Jay Democratic Committee meeting
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Jay Democratic Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, in the meeting room in the back of the Bank Building. In the event of inclement weather, the meeting will be canceled.
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RSU 73 to form search committee for interim superintendent
JAY — A search committee will be formed to find an interim superintendent for Regional School Unit 73, school board acting chairman Michael Morrell announced Thursday night. The announcement followed an hourlong closed-door session by the board. On Jan. 10 the board accepted the resignation, effective that day, of Superintendent Todd LeRoy. His resignation followed weeks of turmoil after […]
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Jay woman pleads guilty to selling cocaine, heroin
FARMINGTON — A Jay woman pleaded guilty Thursday to selling cocaine and heroin from her apartment at 446 Main St. in Jay on July 30, 2018. Angie Braley, 38, also entered a guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of violation condition of release in Franklin County Superior Court. She had been indicted in October 2018 on […]
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Jay board votes to change streetlights to LEDs
JAY — Selectpersons agreed Monday to move forward with switching the streetlights to LED fixtures. The estimated savings is about $14,000. The vote was 4-1 with Selectperson Judy Diaz opposed. Selectpersons Tom Goding, Gary McGrane, Vice Chairman Tim DeMillo and Chairman Terry Bergeron voted in favor. The town reduced the number of its streetlights several years […]
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Two charged with dealing heroin, cocaine in Jay
JAY — Two people were arrested on drug-trafficking charges Thursday after agents found what they suspect was crack cocaine and heroin at a home on Belanger Road, according to a police affidavit. William Farnam, 32, of Jay and Denise Grant, 39, of New Sharon were each charged with two felony counts of aggravated trafficking in drugs, […]
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Jay discusses proposal for RSU 73 school resource officer
JAY — The possibility of adding $50,000 to the proposed budget for a resource officer for Regional School Unit 73 drew requests for more information and some concerns at the municipal budget review Tuesday. RSU 73 is considering adding a resource officer, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere told selectpersons and the Budget Committee. She said she recently learned […]
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Engineering needed for robotics program
JAY — Spruce Mountain Area Robotics Team 3930 (SMART) is two weeks into the build season for this year’s FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) and realizing how much engineering is involved. Advisor Daniel Lemieux said, “It blows my mind how complex this game is. People don’t realize the amount of engineering involved.” Monday SMART members spent much […]