NEWRY — Jay 1, one of two teams from the Jay Fire Department, won Sunday’s 24th Annual Firefighters’ Race at Sunday River Resort. Jay 1 beat out the team from Wolfeboro, N.H, by just 0.71 seconds. Ten teams from around New England competed in the event, which helped raise money for Maine Adaptive Sports & […]
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Well done – Students honored
MEDFORD, Mass. — Ben Armstrong, a graduate of Edward Little High School, was placed on the dean’s list for the fall 2013 term at Tufts University School of Engineering. He is a junior studying mechanical engineering and will be working for Sensata Technologies, a sensors and controls company in Attleboro, Mass., in May 2014. He […]
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Upcoming events at Spruce Mountain High School
JAY — Spruce Mountain High School has announced the following weekly events happening the week of March 29-April 5. Spring sports will begin for all high school athletes. Baseball, softball, track and girls and boys tennis begin practice on Monday, March 31. Central Maine Community College representatives will visit the school for “Admit A Student […]
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RSU 73 board adopts $18.6 million proposed budget
LIVERMORE FALLS — The RSU 73 board Thursday approved the warrant for the district-wide budget vote, adult education costs and whether to keep open a portion of the former Livermore Falls High School. They also approved the warrant for a referendum to be held in each member town on the budget figure acted on during […]
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Jay board accepts bid for apartment building
JAY — Russell Dyer of Strong told selectpersons Monday that he plans to fix up the four-unit apartment building the town foreclosed on for back taxes. He bid $500 for the property at 409 Old Jay Hill Road. After hearing his plans for it, the board voted to accept his bid. The town foreclosed on […]
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The Price is Right show entertains at Spruce Mountain Middle School
JAY — The Spruce Mountain Middle School gym was filled with a crowd of people hoping to get called to “Come on Down!” for the Price is Right show last Saturday. Host for the evening Jeff Parsons from the 97.9 Q-Morning Show kept people entertained all evening. Later in the evening, he was presented a […]
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A taste of winter at Maine Maple Sunday
JAY/LIVERMORE — Maine Maple Sunday had a different feel to it this year, what with the cold weather and the lack of sap running. “Last year was probably the best maple syrup season we’ve had in the last five years,” observed Gunnar Higgins as he tended the boiling sap at Boothby’s Sugar Shack in Livermore. […]
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Jay trims proposed spending plan
JAY — Selectpersons and the Budget Committee reduced the proposed $6.2 million budget for 2014-15 to $5.57 million Monday. It’s $490,336.93 less than the current $6 million budget. The town departments and most associated expenses were reviewed Monday. Prior to Tuesday’s budget meeting, the board and committee had reduced the amount taxpayers would have to […]
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Jay voters approve $300,000 for Verso revaluation
JAY — Residents voted Monday to transfer $300,000 from undesignated funds to do a revaluation of the Verso Paper Corp. mill. The company has asked the town to abate $459 million in valuation from the company’s real estate and personal property at the Androscoggin Mill on Riley Road. According to Jay’s tax commitment data, the […]
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Tonight’s agenda
Franklin Jay: Special town meeting and selectmen’s meeting, 5:30 p.m., Spruce Mountain High School library Livermore: Board of Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Oxford Hills Buckfield : Fire-Rescue Station Building Project Committee, 5 p.m., Municipal Center Paris: Utility District Trustees, 6:30 p.m., Paris Utility District Waste Water Treatment facility River Valley Peru: RSU 10 board, […]