JAY — The Spruce Mountain Middle School Booster club is hosting the Third Annual Christmas Craft Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26. The booster club will also give out free popcorn and free cider donated by a local orchard. Back again this year is the bake sale, free gift wrapping table […]
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Gary Gene Fitch
1955 – 2013 AUBURN — Gary Gene Fitch, 58, of Plaisted Road, Jay, died Wednesday, Oct. 2, at the Hospice House. He was born in Farmington on Aug. 26, 1955, a son of George and Eleanor (Welch) Fitch and received his education in local schools. Gary was employed as a truck driver for Warren Hood […]
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Jay boil-water order lifted
JAY — A boil-water order was been lifted Wednesday for Jay Village Water District customers affected by water pipe breaks, Superintendent Mike Wells said. The order was issued to customers Tuesday. It was the second boil-water order in the past couple of weeks. The district has had a series of waterline breaks in the Smith […]
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Tri Town Seniors to meet Oct. 28 JAY — On Monday the Tri Town Seniors met at St. Rose Parish Hall at with Pat Couture, vice president, presiding. After opening ceremonies George Doiron sang “My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You” for the group. Everyone was reminded to bring their ideas for the Halloween meal on […]
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Arbitrator awards Jay $31K
LIVERMORE FALLS — An independent arbitrator concluded that the Livermore Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant owes $31,643 to the town of Jay for overbilling related to employee insurances and benefits. The arbitrator denied all other claims. Jay had claimed it was owed $283,316. Livermore Falls owns the plant, and Jay and Livermore Falls share the cost […]
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Jay issues second-boil water order
JAY — A boil-water order has been issued until further notice to customers of Jay Village Water District who lost water due to a line break Sunday in the Smith Avenue area. It is the second boil order within two weeks. The district’s area from Stone Street to part way up Jay Hill on Route […]
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ATV riders help out Santa Claus at Toy Run
FARMINGTON — ATV riders from nearly every New England state joined Franklin County ATV enthusiasts Saturday morning for the 17th annual Toy Run from Farmington to Jay. Chris Currier, president of Mountain View ATV Club, said even a few Canadian participants come every year to be part of the event. He and other ATV club leaders […]
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Jay man sentenced to serve five years in sex case
FARMINGTON — A Jay man was sentenced Friday to serve five years of a 10-year sentence at the Maine Department of Corrections on a felony charge of unlawful sexual contact against a child under age 12 in August 2010. The sentence for Ralph O. Metcalf, 34, includes 12 years probation due to the age of […]