JAY — June Turcotte, a child passenger safety technician, gave parents information Tuesday to help them keep their children safe while traveling in a vehicle. She advised them to always check the car seat instruction manual and the vehicle manual before installing a car seat. She recommended they always check the expiration date and height and […]
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Verso requests tax abatement for 2015
JAY — Verso Androscoggin LLC and Andro Hydro LLC filed a joint application for an abatement of property taxes for tax year 2015. The companies claim the valuation of the paper mill, associated property and hydroelectric facilities should be reduced by at least $296.99 million, collectively. The town valued the real estate and personal property […]
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Jay opts to keep roads posted
JAY — Selectpersons voted unanimously Monday to continue to post roads,? including Old Jay Hill Road and Woodman Hill Road, ?which ?are posted to vehicle weight restrictions. John Johnson, ?director of the Public Works Department, posted the town roads to heavy weight limits on Feb. 2 because of the weather. He was before selectpersons to have […]
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Jay’s proposed municipal budget reduced, again
JAY — Selectpersons on Monday trimmed another $1,850 from the budget from gas accounts in the Buildings and Grounds and Police Department budgets. Budget Committee members agreed. Panel member Ricky Merrill opposed all of the proposed budgets. The reduction brings the tentative proposed budget for 2016-17 to $5.26 million. The spending plan is $373,209 less […]
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Jay panels to consider draft $5.3M spending plan
JAY — Selectpersons and the town’s Budget Committee will vote on a draft proposed $5.3 million budget for 2016-17 on Monday, Feb. 22, and Tuesday, Feb. 23. The meetings will be held at Spruce Mountain High School in Jay. Prior to Monday’s meeting, selectpersons will hold a regular meeting at the school at 5:30 p.m. […]
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Jay man charged in domestic violence assault
JAY — Police said a local man is accused of hitting his ex-girlfriend and choking her Saturday after a verbal dispute in Jay. Kyle Medcoff, 25, was arrested Sunday on a felony charge of domestic violence aggravated assault, Police Chief Richard Caton IV said Wednesday. A conviction carries a penalty of up to 10 years […]
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Jay scrap metal dealer opens in Otis paper mill site
JAY — A new scrap metal business at the former Otis paper mill is expected to save the town as much as $270 a trip, said John Johnson, supervisor of the Jay Transfer Station and Public Works Department. “Business is great,” said Leon Dorr, project and site manager for Riverside […]
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Possible reconfiguration of students proposed at RSU 73
LIVERMORE FALLS — Regional School Unit 73 board members overwhelmingly ratified a two-year contract for the district’s six administrators when they met on Thursday. Provisions of the contract were not available. Superintendent Kenneth Healey also distributed the budget books to each of the board members. Among the information he told the board included not filling […]
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Rumford principal retiring following 35 years in education
RUMFORD — Spending time with children and grandchildren is the key to helping them become successful — a philosophy Rumford Elementary School Principal Christopher Decker, 59, has followed during his 35 years in education. Decker plans to retire at the end of this school year, but that doesn’t mean he’ll be completely out of education. […]
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Jay tentively reduces draft spending plan by 10 percent
JAY — Selectpersons and Budget Committee members worked 3½ hours Thursday night to make $169,000 in tentative cuts from a $5.4 million draft 2016-17 budget. The overall goal was to reduce the budget by 10 percent. Department heads had already reduced the proposal by $250,000. The cuts will be reviewed Feb. 22 and 23 at […]