JAY — Joan L. Greenleaf, 77, a resident of Jay passed away Saturday, June 30, at her home, surrounded by her loving family, following a lingering illness. She was born March 2, 1941, in Wilton, the daughter of Lloyd W. Davis and Ina (Ober) Davis. She was a 1959 graduate of Wilton Academy. In 1964, at […]
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Jay water district lifts boil-water order
JAY — Jay Village Water District lifted its boil-water order Thursday, three days after it was announced because of a water line break. Customers on School Bus Road, Ludden Drive and Barker Street who lost water during the break Monday can now use the water as normal.
Jay ups pay for reserve police officers
JAY — Reserve police officers will see an increase in pay of $2.71 an hour, selectpersons agreed Monday. The vote was unanimous to raise the hourly rate for reserve officers from $13.79 to $16.50. It is the same amount the Livermore Falls Police Department pays its reserve officers, Jay Police Chief Richard Caton IV said. […]
Spruce Mountain High School lists fourth-quarter honor roll
JAY — Spruce Mountian High School has announced its honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2017-2018 school year. Highest Honors Grade 12: Jordan Daigle. Grade 11: Hannah Maurais. Grade 10: Abigail Thurston. High Honors Grade 12: Rhylie Bubier, Lauren Cornelio, Hunter Dalton, Rylee Delaney, Megan Fowler, Arianna Gordon, Madison Lecowitch, Megan Mercier and Matthew Nichols. Grade […]
Jay opts to send sewage for treatment in Livermore Falls
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to go with a pump station and force main system to send sewage from North Jay to an existing collection system to a Livermore Falls plant for treatment. The board opted not to upgrade the North Jay Wastewater Plant. The Jay plant is nearing 20 years old and needs to […]
Jay water district issues boil water order
JAY — The Jay Village Water District issued a boil-water order Monday night for all customers on School Bus Road, Ludden Drive and Barker Street. The district is working on a waterline break on Ludden Drive and once it’s fixed, water samples will be sent to Augusta to be tested for E.coli and coliform bacteria. […]
Jay, Livermore Falls join media alliance
Select boards in Jay and Livermore Falls have authorized town managers this month to sign an agreement to join a local cable access alliance that would offer services to residents. Central Maine Media Alliance is an education, government media and television station management organization serving municipalities. The agreement allows the alliance to operate the local […]
Jay board to consider sewer options
JAY — A feasibility study shows it would be more affordable in the long run to build a system to send sewage from North Jay to be treated in Livermore Falls than to continue to upgrade the Jay plant. In the short term, it would cost less to upgrade Jay’s plant, but it would need […]
Livermore Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant needs updating
LIVERMORE FALLS — In their roles as sewer trustees, selectmen received an update Tuesday on what is needed to upgrade the Livermore Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant. Livermore Falls owns and operates the plant, which underwent a $5.8 million upgrade in late 1990s. Not everything was upgraded at that time, however, and some of the concrete at […]
Spruce Mountain High School graduates encouraged to exceed expectations
By Barry Matulaitis, Staff Editor JAY — Spruce Mountain High School’s 83 seniors listened intently at Sunday’s graduation ceremony as retired U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Helaina Lake challenged them to set high expectations for themselves. Lake, who was seriously wounded during her military service in Afghanistan, spoke of the obstacles she had overcome after she […]