JAY — The superintendent of the town’s Sewer Department is expected to send surveys this week to customers in North Jay in an effort to get a grant to pay 75 percent of a planning study. Superintendent Mark Holt wants to determine if it is more cost effective to upgrade the nearly 20-year-old North Jay […]
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Jay man pleads guilty in road-rage incident
FARMINGTON — A Jay man pleaded guilty Friday to pointing a loaded handgun at two women in a vehicle in December 2016 while his young child was in the back seat of the truck. Jacob Couture, 27, was sentenced to 364 days in jail with all of it suspended and one year of probation, Andrews […]
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Farmington man sentenced for burning truck
FARMINGTON — A local man was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison, all suspended, and three years of probation for burning a truck on Keep Road in Jay in February 2016 that belonged to his former girlfriend’s new boyfriend. Michael Davis, 22, of Farmington pleaded guilty to arson in Franklin County Superior Court. The […]
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Jay residents voice concern over panel'srecommendations
JAY — Business representatives and mobile home park owners voiced concerns Monday to selectpersons about the Solid Waste Committee’s recommendations on who can use curbside pickup service. The committee had approved the recommendations in a mixed vote. The panel was tasked with looking for savings to offset the cost of reinstating curbside pickup. The service […]
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Basketball fundraiser held for youth sports safety foundation
Members of the girls’ varsity squads from Spruce Mountain and Mt. View (dark uniforms) high schools compete in the sixth annual alumni and exhibition basketball games held in support of the Jake Lord Play It Safe Foundation Friday night at Spruce Mountain High School in Jay. The foundation’s mission is to promote safety in youth […]
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Jay's Thursday curbside pickup moves to Friday for holiday
JAY — Curbside trash and recyclables collection for this Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, will be moved to Friday. If your trash is normally picked up Thursday, you should put out trash and recyclables for Friday pickup. The Wednesday route will remain the same. Thursday collections will resume next week.
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Farmington team wins robotics competition
JAY — Students from a private school in Farmington were the big winners in the third annual robotics competition at Spruce Mountain High School on Saturday. The Smart Fun Engineers team made up of students from Smart Fun Learning Adventures on the Fairbanks Road in Farmington won the first-place Champion’s Award, won first place in […]
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Sock Drive covers feet of Head Start children
Children at Jay Early Learning Center receive shoe boxes filled with new socks from a sock drive held at area businesses. The sock drive was part of a class project for Cynthia Kaherl of Jay. (Submitted photo) Cynthia Kaherl of Jay reads from a sock book she donated to the Jay Early Learning Center along […]
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Jay woman sentenced on theft charge
Bobbie J. Dawes (Franklin County Detention Center) FARMINGTON — A Jay woman was sentenced Friday in Franklin County Superior Court to one year with all but 30 days suspended in a plea agreement on a charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer. Under the agreement, Bobbie J. Dawes, 46, was also sentenced to three years of […]
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Career and College Fair held in Jay
The Spruce Mountain High School Jobs for Maine Graduates program held a Career and College Fair on Thursday. Local entertainer Michael Cooper was there with several of the handcrafted masks and props he uses when telling his stories. (Pam Harnden/Livermore Falls Advertiser)