JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to sign a contract for up to $298,100 for work on the conversion of the North Jay sewer system. The vote was contingent on some legal wording being changed in the contract to with Wright-Pierce engineering firm. The changes were recommended by the Maine Municipal Association. The money is part of […]
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Jay library to celebrate 100 years with open house
JAY — The Jay-Niles Memorial Library will celebrate its centennial year Saturday with an open house, a book sale and the grand opening of a craft area for children and teens. The event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with a special cake served at 11:30 a.m. The five sons of Mehitable and Varanas […]
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Jay man celebrates 100th birthday
JAY — Arthur Benedetto celebrated his 100th birthday with family and friends at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post on Sept. 22. The avid hunter and fisherman also enjoys music and plays weekly at the VFW hall. He played the violin at an early age and plays many instruments. His nephew, Paul, played some of […]
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Brewer man charged with abusing Jay girl
FARMINGTON — A Brewer man is being held at the Franklin County jail on a charge of sexually abusing a girl in Jay in January 2017. Adam B. Carrick, 36, was arrested Sunday in Hancock County on a Jay Police Department warrant issued in August. He is charged with unlawful sexual contact of a girl under […]
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Police bust underage drinking party in Jay
JAY — Three local men were arrested Thursday at an underage drinking party on Bridge Street, after police got a tip about a heavily intoxicated 16-year-old girl, Police Chief Richard Caton IV said Friday. Todd Sullivan, 26, who was hosting the party at his home, was taken into custody early Thursday morning and charged with […]
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Jay woman, New York man indicted on heroin, cocaine charges
FARMINGTON — A Jay woman and a New York man accused of selling heroin and crack cocaine in July from a Jay residence were indicted Wednesday on drug charges. Angie Braley, 37, of 132 Main St., Apt. 2, Jay, and Darnell Smith, 20, of 212 West Fordham Road 2, Bronx, New York, were indicted by […]
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Families turn out for the Apple Pumpkin Festival
LIVERMORE FALLS — The town recreation fields were filled Saturday as families enjoyed the 20th Annual Apple Pumpkin Festival put on by the Jay-Livermore-Livermore Falls Chamber of Commerce. Chamber past chairman Bob Berry said 102,000 people had seen the event’s Facebook post. 4,500 said they were interested in attending. “I’m very happy with that. We’re expecting […]
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Florence L. Cronkhite
JAY — Florence (LaPointe) Cronkhite, 78, passed away Thursday, Sept. 27, at her home in Jay. She was born Oct. 28, 1939, the daughter of Roland and Dorothy (Willett) LaPointe. She was a graduate of Jay High School. On Oct. 10, 1958, she married Lee Cronkhite. After marriage, she was employed at International Paper Co. for […]
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Apple Pumpkin Festival held in Livermore Falls
Samuel Ankeles of Brunswick smiles after a trip down the inflatable slide at the Apple Pumpkin Festival in Livermore Falls ON Saturday. He was there with his grandparents, Nick and Cindy Rehagen, who live in Livermore Falls. (Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser) The SkyStreakers R/C Club of New Gloucester brought several remote control planes and helicopters […]
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Jay voters approved $3.9 million loan for new sewer system
By Donna M. Perry, Staff Writer JAY — The majority of residents at a special town meeting Monday vote to authorize selectpersons to borrow up to $3.9 million to install a system to send sewage from North Jay to Livermore Falls for treatment. The plan is to eliminate use of the North Jay Wastewater Treatment […]