JAY — The Planning Board is expected to decide Tuesday whether Parker Pond, also known as Parkhurst Pond, will stay in the category of resource protection or be considered limited residential in an updated draft Shoreland Zoning Ordinance. The pond, in the East Jay area, is an alternative drinking water source to Moose Hill Pond […]
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Jay boil-water order lifted for most customers
JAY — The Jay Village Water District lifted the boil-water order Friday for the majority of its customers, but not the Verso-Androscoggin Mill and residents in Riley village. District Superintendent Mike Wells is working with Ted Berry Co. of Livermore to determine where the waterline break is in the Androscoggin River, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said. […]
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Jay district isolates water line break to Androscoggin River
JAY — Jay Village Water District representatives believe they have isolated a waterline break about 10 feet into the Androscoggin River. Representatives shut a valve Thursday and saw water bubbling up in the river, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said. LaFreniere has been trying to keep residents updated with information from district Superintendent Mike Wells. The […]
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Snowblower repair in Jay
Jeremy Richards of Jay, a Jay Public Works Department truck driver and laborer, tries to repair the snowblower after it hit heavy snow on a sidewalk and a pin broke Thursday morning on Route 4. He tried to fix it on the spot but decided to move to the Knights of Columbus Hall parking lot […]
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Another vehicle damaged by BBs in Jay
JAY — A North Jay resident reported Monday afternoon finding two holes in the windshield of a Jeep Cherokee and a hole in one of the automobile’s tail lights. The damage appeared to have been caused by BBs, according to Police Richard Caton IV, who said the Jeep’s owner was clearing snow from the vehicle […]
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Jay workers hunt for water leak
Workers for E.L. Vining & Son of Farmington install a new valve for water lines on Route 4 at Riley Road on Tuesday morning to help find a break that has leaked thousands of gallons since Sunday afternoon. (Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal) JAY — Jay Village Water District representatives were restoring water to much of Jay village […]
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Jay holds hearing on proposed budget
JAY — Residents were speechless, or they at least had no questions, during a public hearing Monday night on the proposed $6.18 million budget for 2018-19. The proposal will go before voters from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 24 at the Community Building. Absentee ballots become available on Friday, March 23 at the […]
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Massachusetts men injured in Jay accident; driver faces OUI charge
JAY — A Massachusetts man is accused of driving drunk after his vehicle went off icy Route 133 late Friday, hit a snowbank, rolled onto its side and struck a utility pole. Dave A. Nosiglia, 58, of Hingham, Massachusetts, and his passenger, Harold Layland, 61, of Hanson, Massachusetts, suffered minor injuries in the accident reported […]
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Jay water district searches for leak in system
JAY — Crews from the Jay Village Water District are searching for a water main break that left customers, including Spruce Mountain Elementary School, without service Monday. A boil-water order has been issued until further notice, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said in a news release late Monday night. All customers in the Jay Village Water […]
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Verso posts $30 million loss for 2017 as it invests in Jay mill
Verso Corp. reported a $30 million net loss in 2017, but expects sales to improve this year thanks, in part, to increased production of specialty products at its paper mill in Jay. The company had a “difficult start” to 2017, but had a strong turnaround in the second half of the year and is in […]