JAY — Police are searching for a car stolen from a Claybrook Road residence between noon Sunday and Monday evening, police Chief Richard Caton IV said Tuesday. The 2002 blue Toyota Corolla with a ski rack was unlocked and the keys were in it, he said. “We haven’t ruled out it being connected to the […]
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A golfing gift from one generation to another
JAY — Twenty years ago, when former Jay resident Bill Benedetto and his wife, Barbara, moved into a retirement community in Oregon, he bought her a brand new set of golf clubs so she could learn how to play the game. Now, those very same clubs have helped the Wilsonville High School girls golf team rapidly […]
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Jay to assess $31,475 in special tax for cleanup
JAY — Selectpersons voted 3-1 Monday to apply a special tax of $31,475 to two Route 17 properties and to have it split based on valuation to cover the town’s cost to clean up the properties. The town spent $15,000 to have so-called junk removed from the property of the heirs of the estate of […]
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Police search for Kim Moreau in Canton with radar, cadaver dogs
CANTON — After a text message from police on Thursday at 9 a.m. — “It’s going down today” — Richard Moreau grabbed his lawn chair, drove 20 minutes from Jay and took a seat near the home of one of the last men to see his daughter, Kim, alive 29 years ago. Police plan to […]
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VIDEO: State police search Canton area in Kim Moreau case
UPDATE: Police search for Kim Moreau in Canton with radar, cadaver dogs UPDATED 12:46 P.M.: CANTON — State Police Det. Sgt. Mark Holmquist updated the media Thursday afternoon about the search for Kimberly Moreau — missing since 1986 * Police are prepared to search 5 acres at 502 Pleasant St. (Route 108) for two days. * The […]
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Jay recreation committee wants more guidance, budget
JAY — The Recreation Committee would like selectpersons to give additional guidance on its charge to develop a plan for recreational areas and how much money it will have, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said Monday. The committee met July 21 with two selectpersons and LaFreniere attending. Selectpersons had asked the committee to develop a plan […]
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Jay water district puts out third boil-water order
JAY — The Jay Village Water District has issued another boil-water order, which is effective until a break in a waterline on Main Street is fixed and water is restored. The order only pertains to water district customers who lost water on Hyde and Spring streets and Forest Circle. Those customers need to boil water after water […]
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Jay to participate in drug task force program
JAY — Selectpersons agreed Monday to enter into an agreement with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency to share personnel resources to participate in a drug task force. An officer from the Police Department could apply for a task force position. Candidates would go through an application process to determine if an officer would meet the […]
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Boil-water order lifted in Jay
JAY — The Jay Village Water District lifted the boil-water order Tuesday afternoon for customers affected by the water line break Saturday on Main Street. All customers within the Jay Village Water District may now resume normal consumption of water. Water samples were tested at a lab in Augusta and determined safe for public consumption. […]
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Jay board grants permits for junkyard, automobile recycling
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to grant a one-year junkyard permit and a five-year automobile recycling permit to Clark’s Scrap Metals, doing business as Clark’s Riverside Scrap, at the former Otis Falls Mill. The board held a public hearing prior to approving the permits. The company still has to go before the Planning Board on […]