JAY — Residents will vote Tuesday, April 28, on a proposed $5.63 million municipal budget for 2015-16. The amount is a $92,656.60 more than this fiscal year. After factoring in anticipated revenues of $1.33 million, the net budget is $4.3 million. The figures do not factor in Franklin County taxes or the town’s share of the […]
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David W. James Sr.
1937 – 2015 FARMINGTON, N.H. — David Wayne James Sr., 78, of Farmington, N.H., died Saturday, April 18, in Rochester, N.H. He was born March 29, 1937, in Jay, the son of Charles Elbridge and Hazel Amy (Smith) James. On Oct. 29, 1955, David married Faye Anita (Richards) James. They have eight children, 25 grandchildren […]
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Blasting to be done at quarry in North Jay
JAY — Polycor, a Canadian based company, will be doing some blasting from about noon through 2 p.m. Monday, April 20, at the quarry in North Jay. The company is developing the quarry and has proposed building a plant to manufacture curbing.
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State rights investigator finds reasonable grounds against Jay restaurant
JAY — An investigator for the Maine Human Rights Commission has found there are reasonable grounds to believe that LaFleur’s Restaurant discriminated against a former employee on the basis of her sex after she revealed her pregnancy and was fired. LaFleur’s has denied there was any discrimination. It asserts that it terminated the woman’s employment […]
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Jay assessors deny second Verso tax abatement request
JAY — Jay selectpersons voted Monday to deny a tax abatement to Verso Androscoggin LLC for the April 1, 2014, tax year. The company had requested a reduction of at least $193.78 million in valuation for its mill and associated property. Verso’s abatement application states the mill and properties should be valued no higher than […]
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Grand jury indicts Jay, Livermore men in Livermore Falls copper thefts
AUBURN — A Jay man and a Livermore man were charged Wednesday with 27 counts each in the burglary of 12 houses and buildings and a church and theft of copper piping last summer in Livermore Falls. The Androscoggin County grand jury indicted Zachary Merrill Givens, 24, of 12 Church St., Apt. 2, in Jay, […]
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Play Museum in Wilton receives grant
WILTON — The Western Maine Play Museum was recently awarded a $50,000 grant from the Davis Family Foundation. The grant will be used to create a new heating and cooling system in the museum building, located on Main Street in Wilton. The Foundation “is a public charitable foundation established by Phyllis C. Davis and H. […]
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Terry M. White
1945 – 2015 FARMINGTON — Terry M. White, 70, a resident of Rocky Road in Jay, passed away very unexpectedly at his home Monday, April 6. He was born on April 6, 1945, in Portland, the son of Reginald L. White and Hazel (Webster) White. Terry graduated from Wilton Academy in 1963. He is a […]