JAY — Town staff continues to work on developing a program to attract volunteers with the skills needed to address community needs. Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere plans to create a policy prior to setting up a town Facebook page to get the word out about volunteer opportunities. The policy will set guidelines on how the […]
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Fire destroys cabin in Jay
JAY — A fire that destroyed a one-story cabin at 234 Depot St. on Monday evening started around the wood stove, Fire Rescue Chief Mike Booker said. There were no injuries. About 25 firefighters from Jay, Chesterville, East Dixfield and Wilton responded to the 6:50 p.m. call. When they arrived, the camp was engulfed in […]
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Work day planned at Jay recreation area
JAY — A work day will be held Sunday, May 15, to continue reinvigorating the French Falls Recreation Area on French Falls Lane, off Route 4. The town’s Recreation Committee has planned a number of projects for the day beginning at 9 a.m. These include installing a snow fence around the softball field, weed-whacking, removing […]
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Whistle Stop Trail area in Jay to be treated with herbicide
JAY — Vegetation along an area of Whistle Stop Trail from Mill Street north to the rail crossing on Route 4 will be spot-treated with an herbicide in late May or early June. Joseph E. Wiley III, a state-licensed master pesticide applicator for the state, will use Garlon 4 herbicide in a mix that is […]
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Livermore Falls woman injured in chain-reaction crash in Jay
JAY — A Livermore Falls woman was injured Wednesday afternoon when her car was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer in a construction zone near Jay Elementary School on Route 4, police said. Two other vehicles were also involved in the chain-reaction accident. Pauline Dion, 87, of Livermore Falls suffered facial injuries when the PalletOne truck driven […]
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Two drivers injured in Jay collision
JAY — A Lewiston man and a Portland woman complained of pain Tuesday after their vehicles collided head-on at the intersection of Routes 133 and 156, Cpl. Jeffrey Fournier said. Donald Morris, 50, of Lewiston was driving a 2000 Dodge Caravan north on Route 133 when a 2008 Dodge SUV, driven by Sheila Stoval, 55, […]
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Jay sewer rate to increase $25 on July 1
JAY — All 807 town sewer system users will see their bills increase by $25 a year beginning July 1. Selectpersons voted 3-2 Monday to increase the minimum base fee from $250 to $275 for up to 3,200 cubic feet of water use. For any amount that exceeds the minimum use the current rate of […]
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New Sharon woman faces drug charges
JAY — Police said a New Sharon woman faces drug charges after a Franklin County deputy pulled her vehicle over for a loud exhaust system on Macomber Hill Road. Deputy Derick Doucette arrested Jessica Power, 33, of New Sharon on Thursday on three misdemeanor counts of unlawful possession of scheduled drugs. While she was at […]
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Jay man charged after crashing car, fleeing scene
JAY — Police said a local man is accused of leaving the scene of an accident at Elm Street and Western Avenue on Friday and failing to report it. Curtis Brown III, 24, was arrested after he drove his brother’s car into a utility pole, shattering it and driving away at 1:16 a.m., Cpl. Jeffrey Fournier […]
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Family still searching for answers 30 years after Kimberly Moreau went missing
JAY — Karen Dalot and her older sister, Diane Levesque, say it has been pure hell not having answers to what happened to their younger sister, Kimberly Moreau, 30 years ago. They are frustrated that no one has stepped forward to let them know and to tell them where to find her remains. Dalot and […]