JAY — A Livermore Falls teenager was stuck in her father’s pickup truck for about 30 minutes Friday after it snapped a utility pole on Claybrook Road and wires fell on it, Sgt. Russell Adams said. Ashlyn Williams, 17, was driving west toward Spruce Mountain High School when she lost control of the truck on […]
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General and Referendum elections
JAY — The Spruce Mountain Middle School music program has exciting things happening this year. Instructor Dianne Fenlason said she received a $2,500 grant from the Oak Grove School Foundation, which was formed following the sale of Oak Grove-Coburn, a high school in central Maine. With those grant moneys, a new public address system was purchased. It […]
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Livermore Falls woman pleads guilty to dragging Jay officer
FARMINGTON — A Livermore Falls woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to dragging a Jay police officer about 50 feet when he attempted to put a vehicle she was driving into park during a traffic stop. Melissa J. Couture, 34, pleaded guilty in Franklin County Superior Court to three felony counts of assaulting an officer, eluding an […]
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Former Jay man enters insanity plea, waives jury trial in murder case
FARMINGTON — A former Jay man charged in the death of his girlfriend last year pleaded not criminally responsible by reason of insanity and waived a jury trial Thursday at Franklin County Superior Court. James “Ted” Sweeney, 58, is accused of murder in the July 11, 2017, killing of Wendy Douglass, 51, while she slept […]
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Police identify driver injured in Jay crash
Terrence Allison, 38, of Jay was injured Sunday night when his pickup truck left East Jay Road and hit a tree, according to police. Allison was treated at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. (Jay Police Department)
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Free coats available
JAY — The Salvation Army has delivered a supply of Coats for Kids that are available in different sizes. The coats are located at the Jay Laundry Room on Main Street and the Depot Laundry at the Jay Plaza, located off Main Street. The town receives the coats and then disperses them to the laundromats. They […]
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Volunteers needed for LEGO League Qualifier
JAY — The Spruce Mountain Area Robotics Team (SMART) will host the 4th Annual Western Maine Lego League Qualifier on November 17 at Spruce Mountain High School in Jay. Up to 28 FIRST Lego League (FLL; FIRST stands for “For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology”) teams from central Maine will compete for awards and […]
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Watershed survey of ponds deemed important
JAY — A survey of watersheds for two ponds that supply drinking water to Livermore Falls and Jay is meant to recognize potential problems and fix them, according to information at a public hearing Tuesday night. “This is not to catch people doing something wrong,” said Spruce Mountain High School Envirothon adviser Rob Taylor, whose students have […]
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Crews tear down Otis paper mill steam plant
JAY — Half of the steam plant at the defunct Otis paper mill on Route 4, which straddles the Livermore Falls line, was torn down Monday and the rest will be shortly. John Clark III of Farmingdale, owner of several scrap metal recycling facilities, including Clark’s Riverside Scrap on the former mill property, formed MAC Development […]
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Jay board gives voters say in marijuana retail stores
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to put the question of allowing medical and recreational marijuana retail stores in town before voters next April. The board also voted to not move forward on a moratorium on medical marijuana stores between now and Dec. 13. After Dec. 13, a medical marijuana retail store would not be able to open […]