JAY — Selectpersons voted 4-0 Monday to pass on providing street-sweeping services to Fayette. Approving the measure were Keith Cornelio and Judy Diaz, Chairman Terry Bergeron and Vice Chairman Tim DeMillo. Gary McGrane abstained. Fayette Town Manager Mark Robinson had asked if Jay would be interested in working with Fayette to sweep its community streets […]
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East Dixfield, Jay men injured in Route 4 crash in Jay
Jeffrey Haynes, 47, of East Dixfield and Kent Mitchell, 70, of Jay were injured Thursday when their vehicles, a pickup truck and SUV, respectively, collided on Jay Hill on Route 4 in Jay near the Jay Public Works Department Garage, Jay Detective Michael Mejia said. The SUV failed to yield while pulling out of from […]
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Dog ejected from truck in Jay crash
Jessaka Nichols, 35, of Turner escaped injury Thursday night when her 2014 Nissan Pathfinder, which was heading south on Route 133 in Jay, was struck by a 1994 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Paul Taylor, 61, of Farmington in Jay, Police Chief Richard Caton IV said. Taylor was also not injured. A large dog that had been sitting […]
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Jay sends revised spending articles back to voters
JAY — Selectpersons and Budget Committee members deliberated three hours Monday before reducing two failed town department budgets by nearly $9,000 and prepared them to go before voters June 13 at the polls. The warrant article for town government funds failed at the annual town meeting referendum April 25 by a vote of 258-375. The […]
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Terry L. Nichols
JAY — Terry L. Nichols, 65, of Jay died at his home Monday, May 1, with his loving family by his side, after a hard-fought battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born Sept. 29, 1951, in Lewiston, the son of Vern Nichols and Eloise (Grant) Nichols. He graduated from Livermore Falls High School in 1970, […]
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Spruce Mountain takes top spots regional Envirothon
RAYMOND — Teams from Spruce Mountain High School in Jay once again demonstrated their knowledge of natural resources by their first-, second- and fifth-place finishes at the Southwestern Regional Envirothon Competition on Wednesday. The event was held at Camp Hinds in Raymond with 18 teams from nine schools competing. York County Soil and Water Conservation […]
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Leander W. Hiscock
LEWISTON — Leander Warren Hiscock, 87, of Jay, formerly of Wilton, passed from his earthly home to his heavenly home late Tuesday evening, April 25, at Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston. He was born May 31, 1929, in Wilton, the son of Elwood and Addie (Knowles) Hiscock and received his education in local schools. He was […]
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Jay man faces drug charge
JAY — A local man is accused of driving with a suspended license and possessing 2 grams of cocaine, Detective Michael Mejia said Wednesday. Officer Dylan Rider spotted Matthew Adams, 21, of Jay driving on Main Street in North Jay on Tuesday afternoon and knew Adams was not licensed to do so. Adams pulled into […]
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Worker injured in North Jay granite quarry fall
JAY — A Polycor worker was injured when he fell approximately 20 feet in a North Jay granite quarry Thursday. The unnamed man was working for Polycor at the North Jay White Quarry about 4 p.m. Thursday when he slipped and fell about 20 feet onto a lower level of the quarry, Jay Fire Chief […]
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Jay woman arrested on theft, forgery charges
JAY — A Jay woman was arrested Tuesday on a felony, Class B, charge of theft and a misdemeanor, Class D, charge of forgery after a Forks road association reported more than $10,000 in checks were written without the association’s knowledge. Bobbie Dawes, 45, was arrested on the charges following an investigation by Lt. […]