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Tri -Town Seniors elect officers JAY — On May 19 the Tri -Town Seniors held their last meeting for the season. A BBQ was served at noon followed by a short meeting. The secretary’s and treasurer’s reports were read and accepted as read. The election of officers and board of directors was held. The new […]

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Well done – Student achievements

BOSTON — Brittany Martin, daughter of Jeanne and Dan Martin of Lewiston, has been named to the dean’s list with distinction for the spring 2014 semester at Boston University. A 2011 graduate of Lewiston High School, Martin is majoring in graphic design. — NEWTON, Mass. — Brandyn Cloutier of Dixfield graduated with a Bachelor of […]

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Spruce Mountain Theatre to perform at Jay school

JAY — Spruce Mountain Theatre will perform “Scenes from a Porch” at 7 p.m. Friday, June 13, at Spruce Mountain High School. The school’s tech theatre class built a house and porch for the scenes that will take the audience from Maynard, Texas, to 1905 Russia to Mississippi to a lobstering island off the coast […]

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FMH Auxiliary donates $20,000 to hospital

Community tea is June 11 FARMINGTON — A donation to Franklin Memorial Hospital, scholarship announcements, committee reports and the installment of new officers were just a few of the actions taking place at the annual meeting of the Franklin Memorial Hospital Auxiliary on June 4. Kamilla Hall, Auxiliary president, presented Rebecca Arsenault, FMH president/CEO, with […]

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Jay voters approve $5.5 million budget, re-elect Goding

JAY — Voters approved all articles Tuesday night related to a $5.5 million municipal budget for 2014-15. They also approved an Animal Control Ordinance and an amendment to the subdivision section of the Jay Environmental Control and Improvement Ordinance The budget is $501,342 less than the current $6 million budget. Voters elected incumbent Selectperson Thomas […]

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Jay selectpersons ratify two union contracts

JAY — Selectpersons voted unanimously Monday night to ratify two union contracts that give employees a 1½ percent wage increase each year of the three-year agreement, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said Tuesday. The board made the decision after an executive session. The contracts cover nine employees in the Highway Department and one employee in the […]