JAY — Events planned for this week at Spruce Mountain High School include the following. Guidance counselors have started “Junior Interviews” this week. Students in the junior class are asked to schedule an interview by stopping by the guidance office. These individual meetings are offered to assist students in career and college planning and also […]
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Spruce Mountain robotics team take two prestigious trophies
JAY — The Spruce Mountain Area Robotics Team took two prestigious awards at the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) district competition in Worcester, Mass., last week. The three-year-old team received what is considered second place, the Engineering Inspiration Award and the Industrial Safety Award. They competed with 40 high school robotics […]
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Jay voters to consider $300K for revaluation of Verso mill
JAY — Selectpersons will hold a special town meeting Monday, March 24, to ask voters to transfer $300,000 from the town’s $6 million undesignated fund to an account to do a revaluation on Verso Paper’s Androscoggin Mill. The money will be used to determine the fair and just value of the mill. Verso has filed […]
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Spruce Mountain Adult Ed lists courses for March, April
JAY — During March and April RSU 73 Spruce Mountain Adult Education will offer the following classes. If interested, telephone 897-6384 for more information and to register. College Transitions is a 14-week class that can bridge the gap between you and college, improve reading, writing and math skills to college level. Discover strategies to improve […]
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Jay, Livermore schools holding kindergarten registration
LIVERMORE FALLS — Kindergarten registration is scheduled for Monday, March 31, and Tuesday, April 1, at the RSU73 central office on Cedar Street. Jay Elementary School and Livermore Elementary School kindergarten registration and screening will be by appointment only. Call 897-5719 or 897-3355 to schedule an appointment. Each child must be 5 years of age […]
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Tourism Network meets March 20 KINGFIELD — The Franklin County Tourism Network will hold its quarterly meeting from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, March 20, at Herbert Grand Hotel. Discussion will include 2014 marketing plan, Governors Conference on Tourism and Motor Coach Network profile sheet deadline extension. Benefit for Janice Farrington JAY — There will […]
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Spruce Mountain High School senior honored for scholarship
JAY — Erik Taylor, a senior at Spruce Mountain High School, has earned two recent academic honors that are a testament to his love of learning. At a Maine Association of Basketball Coaches (MABC) banquet during McDonald’s All-Star Weekend on March 7-8, Taylor won a $2,000 scholarship as the MABC’s top Academic All-Star. Taylor, who […]
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Odd Fellows donate to area organizations
Representatives of community service organizations recently attended the annual banquet of Odd Fellows Williamson Lodge, No. 20, of Wilton and Livermore Falls in Jay. From left, front, are Rebecca Arsenault, president of Franklin Memorial Hospital; Julie Shackley, chief executive officer; back, Rachel Jackson Hodsdon from Western Maine Homeless Outreach, Jim Bouchard, director of marketing and […]
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Jay boy charged with break-ins at mill building
JAY — Police said a 12-year-old Jay boy was charged Tuesday with breaking into a building at the Otis Falls Mill twice. The investigation began Sunday night after a report of a burglary at the mill. Police were called there again late Monday night and discovered the same building had been entered, Detective Richard Caton […]