JAY — A story published Thursday on Page B3 of the Franklin edition, Page B1 of the Oxford Hills edition and Page B4 of the River Valley edition should have said the POW/MIA service is at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, at the POW/MIA Memorial Bridge in Jay. The incorrect date was reported by the […]
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POW/MIA service to be held
JAY — A POW-MIA Day service will be held Friday, Sept. 20, at the Prisoners of War, Missing in Action Remembrance Bridge Monument of All Wars, on Riley Road, just off Route 4. The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. National POW-MIA Recognition Day is designated each year by presidential proclamation and is held on […]
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Man ends bid to withdraw guilty plea in sex case
FARMINGTON — A Jay man has dropped his request to withdraw a guilty plea to having sexual contact with a child under 12 in 2010, according to court documents. Ralph O. Metcalf, 34, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of unlawful sexual contact in a plea agreement after attorneys gave opening statements at a jury […]
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Henry DiSotto Jr.
1930 – 2013 AUBURN — Henry DiSotto Jr. 83, a resident of Old Jay Hill Road, Jay, died peacefully, Monday, Sep. 16, at Hospice House of Androscoggin in Auburn, surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was born April 5, 1930, in Livermore Falls, the son of Henry DiSotto Sr. and Elvezia (Lucarelli) DiSotto. […]
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Jay struggling with more waterline breaks
JAY — Jay Village Water District representatives are working to fix two more water-line breaks that have affected several customers. The new breaks are on Smith Avenue and Hyde Road. The district had two breaks last week in the Bucklin Drive area that intersects with Smith Avenue. The Town Office was closed Thursday and Friday […]
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Six bids reviewed for Jay intersection work
JAY — Maine Department of Transportation representatives opened six bids Wednesday for a project to improve an intersection at Route 133, Hyde Road and East Jay Road. The bids are being reviewed and a contract will be awarded in the next couple of weeks, George Macdougall, MDOT contracts and specification engineer, said Thursday. The bids […]
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Second waterline break in Jay repaired
JAY — Water was restored to customers of the Jay Village Water District, including the Town Office, on Friday afternoon. It was the second day the office had to be closed due to a waterline break. District Superintendent Mike Wells said most customers had their water back on Thursday afternoon, except for Bucklin Drive where […]
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Frantasia Festival breaks musical ground
JAY — If you were to walk into Jay’s Otis Mill in August 1913, your ears would have been greeted by the sounds of the country’s third-largest paper mill, busy with work. One hundred years later, the 10th annual Frantasia Festival of Out Music and Arts filled the mill with sounds of a different variety […]
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Tri Town Seniors to meet Sept. 16
JAY — The Tri Town seniors held their first meeting of the new season on Sept. 9. The group met at a new meeting hall at St. Rose Parish Hall on Church Street with a covered dish meal enjoyed by 26 members and four guests. Fernande Doiron, president, opened the meeting with a prayer, salute […]