JAY — Police said Suzanne Morants, 76, of Jay was found Wednesday after a motorist following Morants’ vehicle on Route 4 in Turner called Jay police. Morants was not injured, but was lost and has been trying to find her way home, Jay Detective Michael Mejia said. Morants had not been seen by family since Monday […]
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Jay, Livermore Falls seeks grant for fire services study
JAY – Selectpersons on Monday authorize the town manager to sign a grant application for money to hire a consultant to study ways Jay and Livermore Falls could collaborate on fire services. The state has up to $1.5 million for intergovernmental projects for efficient delivery of local and regional services. Of that amount, $750,000 of […]
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Mill Street Cafe closes its doors in Jay
JAY — Job losses at Verso’s Androscoggin Mill in Jay are affecting other businesses, as evidenced by Sunday’s closing of the Mill Street Cafe. The restaurant had opened in April 2012 in the former train station at the Otis Mill, with Mary Howes and Tim DeMillo as owners. It was sold to Doug Perreault in April […]
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Verso files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
UPDATE: Verso: Business as usual at Jay mill during Chapter 11 JAY — Verso Corp. announced Tuesday that the company and 26 subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The company said that restructuring debt is necessary to […]
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Verso: Business as usual at Jay mill during Chapter 11
Coverage: Verso files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection JAY — Verso Corp. does not expect to close or sell any of its active mills in its anticipated plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to versoco.com. Verso and its subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions Tuesday with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware […]
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Jay selectperson to resign, nomination papers available Feb. 1
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to accept, with regret, the resignation of Selectperson Stephen “Steve” McCourt, effective April 26. He is resigning because of other commitments he has and he is not able to focus as much attention as he would like on the position, according to Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere. McCourt was elected to […]
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Jay extends town manager’s contract
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to extend Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere’s contract for three years through June 30, 2019. Her contract expires June 30. Her salary is $62,000 and will be adjusted at the same rate as the other department heads. LaFreniere was the town’s code enforcement officer for 16 years before she was hired […]
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Jay, Strong men indicted on sexual assault charges
FARMINGTON — A Franklin County grand jury indicted a Jay man and a Strong man Thursday on charges of sexually assaulting two girls in separate incidents. The girls were under the age of 14 at the time. Richard A. Chabot, 48, of Strong was indicted on three felony counts of gross sexual assault. A conviction […]
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Former Livermore Falls man to serve 6 years for Jay robbery
FARMINGTON — One of three co-defendants accused of robbing a 75-year-old Jay man last June was sentenced Friday to serve six years of a 15-year robbery sentence, according to Franklin County court documents. Jay police Detective Michael Mejia said previously that Eric Hafford, 35, of Livermore Falls and Daniel Leet, 34, of Lewiston had their […]
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Tina Lee Dolloff
1970 – 2016 JAY — Tina Lee Dolloff, 45, of Jay died Thursday, Jan. 14, in an automobile accident. She was born Dec. 20, 1970, in Augusta, the daughter of Richard Dolloff and Donna Reed. Tina was educated in Readfield and graduated from Maranacook Community School in 1988, where she excelled in academics and athletics, […]