JAY — Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere updated selectpersons Monday on the repairs of the trash compactor at the Transfer Station. During a scheduled repair last week, it was discovered that two seals on two large cylinders were leaking, she said. Repairs would cost $6,000 each and the town had not budgeted for it. After looking […]
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Former Jay doctor disciplined for overprescribing drugs
LEWISTON — For the second time in less than five years, Dr. Leslie Harding of Jay has been disciplined by the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine. The board issued a news release Thursday, noting it had restricted Harding’s medical license under a consent agreement signed by the doctor on Tuesday. He is now banned […]
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Jay board denies Verso’s appeal of denied tax abatement
JAY — The town’s Board of Assessment Review voted Tuesday to deny Verso Androscoggin LLC’s appeal of the town Board of Assessors’ April 13 denial of a tax abatement for the tax year 2014. The town received Verso’s appeal of the assessors’ April 13 decision to deny an abatement of at least $193.79 million in […]
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Jay board considers Verso’s tax abatement appeal
JAY — The Board of Assessment Review on Tuesday will take up Verso Androscoggin LLC’s appeal of the Board of Assessors’ denial of a tax abatement for the tax year 2014. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. July 7 at the Town Office. The review board will use submitted material and the record to […]
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Fourth person charged in burglaries
JAY — Police have arrested a fourth person in last week’s string of burglaries in Jay, Weld and New Vineyard. Devon Pease, 22, of Jay was arrested Saturday, July 4, by state police Trooper Andrew Hardy on two counts of burglary and two counts of violation of conditions of release, Sgt. Peter B. Michaud of […]
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Three arrested in Franklin County store burglaries
EAST DIXFIELD — Three men were charged Thursday with burglarizing businesses in Jay, New Vineyard and Weld early Wednesday, police said. Einer Bonilla, 21, and Duane Bailey, 27, both of Grand Island, Neb., and D’Kota Rowe, 20, of East Dixfield were arrested on charges of burglary, theft and criminal mischief in a burglary at My Dad’s […]
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Edwin Thompson, Jay native, hired as baseball coach at Eastern Kentucky
RICHMOND, Ky. —After several years helping other earn accolades and attracting some of the best young baseball players to his teams, Jay native Edwin Thompson has his own Division I ship to run. Thompson, who in the past five seasons has recruited and coached 11 All-Americans and 24 players who went on to play professional […]
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Police investigating burglaries at stores in Weld, New Vineyard and Jay
Maine State Police said burglaries at Skoolhouse Variety in Weld and Our Family Variety in New Vineyard may be linked to one in Jay early Wednesday morning. Two men broke into Skoolhouse Variety on School Street through the front door and stole cigarettes, alcohol and chewing tobacco, Trooper Andrew Hardy said. One of them was […]
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Jay police seek suspects in My Dad’s Place burglary (video)
JAY — Local police are investigating a burglary at My Dad’s Place in North Jay, reported by an alarm at about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. Sgt. Russell Adams found the front glass door to the convenience store shattered, Jay Detective Michael Mejia said in a new release. After reviewing security camera footage, it was determined two […]