FARMINGTON — Town clerks reported a strong, steady flow of voters coming out Tuesday to polling places to cast votes in the greater Franklin County region. “It’s actually my first time voting and it was terrifying that this was the first election I voted in,” Samantha Doucet, 19, of Farmington said, referring to the election […]
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RSU 73, towns, residents talk reducing costs
JAY — Residents told town and Regional School Unit 73 officials Wednesday night that spending cuts are needed in light of Verso Corp’s announcement of 190 layoffs at the paper mill early next year. Twenty representatives from the towns of Jay, Livermore, Livermore Falls, which make up RSU 73, and the school board met at […]
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Verso to lay off 190 workers from Androscoggin Mill
JAY — For the second time in two years, the town and workers at the Verso Androscoggin Mill have received bad news about jobs. Company officials announced Tuesday morning that they will temporarily idle the No. 3 paper machine and lay off about 190 workers. The move is meant to reduce papermaking capacity by about […]
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Kellee’s Closet being planned at Middle School
JAY — Staff at Spruce Mountain Middle School have established Kellee’s Closet to provide students with school supplies, personal care products and food. The program is named for Kellee Fortier of Jay, who taught math to seventh- and eighth-graders at the school until her death this past summer at the age of 46. Teacher Julie […]
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Jay Town Office closed Election Day
JAY — The deadline to get an absentee ballot for Election Day, Nov. 8, without special circumstances is 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3. The Registrar’s Office will be open from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, to register new voters for the Nov. 8 election. Individuals need to bring proof of identification and residency. The […]
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Jay man charged after store clerk refuses to sell him beer
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police said a Jay man is accused of swearing and yelling at a Cumberland Farms clerk Monday night after he refused to sell him beer. Officer Troy Reed tried to calm things down but Gary Voter, 57, kept swearing and yelling at the clerk. Reed ordered him to stop and leave the […]
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Jay board approves 2016-17 budget timeline
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to accept a 2016-17 budget timeline leading up to an April 25, 2017, annual town meeting referendum. “We set this up the same as last year, but it can be changed,” Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said. Last year was the first time the town’s Budget Committee met with selectpersons and department […]
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Jay, Livermore Falls residents asked to conserve water
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Livermore Falls Water District and Jay Village Water District superintendents are asking customers to conserve as much water as possible because of concerns for the ongoing drought conditions. According to the U.S. Geological Survey and Palmer Drought Index, the drought is going to last and there is no end in sight, […]
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Men’s Basketball: York takes charge for CMCC
AUBURN — Anthony York said he didn’t know what to expect when he joined the Central Maine Community College men’s basketball team last year. Coming from Spruce Mountain High School, and as a commuter student from Jay, York didn’t know much about the college game, nor his new teammates. Then, CMCC head coach Dave Gonyea […]
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Company says it can help towns with retail strategy
JAY — A Texas-based customer analytics company told about 25 people from Farmington, Jay, Livermore Falls and Wilton on Wednesday night what it could do to help them attract retailers to the area. The presentation was the result of the four towns’ managers and some selectmen, along with Alison Hagerstrom, executive director of Greater Franklin […]