JAY — Selectmen are scheduled to set the tax rate for 2013-14 at their Monday night meeting. The rate will have to go up, but not dramatically, Town Manager Ruth Cushman said. Last year’s rate was $13.75 per $1,000 of value. The new rate will increase by less than 50 cents, she said. The reason […]
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All high school students together, AmeriCorps members to assist
LIVERMORE FALLS — RSU 73 staff and students will experience many changes when the school year starts on Wednesday — it’s the first year that all secondary students will attend the same campus, and there will be an infusion of student assistance through the services of about 35 AmeriCorps members. Contractors have been working all […]
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Labor Council to host free Labor Day cookouts
LEWISTON/JAY/RUMFORD — The Western Maine Labor Council will host three barbecue celebrations this year on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2. The events are all free and open to the public. “Mainers work hard and deserve a day to celebrate all we have achieved. Labor Day is a day to honor workers for the sacrifice and […]
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RSU 73 board announces tours of newly renovated school
LIVERMORE FALLS — Residents of the three towns that comprise RSU 73 will have a chance next week to share in a school-opening barbecue and tour of Spruce Mountain High School. At Thursday’s board meeting, it was announced that all are invited to take part in the barbecue and check out all the changes that […]
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Livermore Falls, Jay water districts awarded grant, loans to upgrade water systems
JAY – Water districts in Jay and Livermore Falls have been awarded a combined $1.7 million grant and low-interest loans by the federal government to improve their systems. The loans and grant are part of nearly $4 million awarded to Maine by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Project. It was announced by U.S. […]
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Jay police recover stolen ride-on mower that was heavily damaged
JAY — Police recovered a stolen riding lawn mower off the Whistle-Stop Trail, an ATV trail, on Wednesday, Detective Richard Caton IV said. The new Ariens mower, valued at about $1,500, is totaled, he said. It had rolled down a steep embankment and into a stone wall and was upside down. A person walking on […]
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Wilton Blueberry Festival winners named
WILTON — The Blueberry Festival winners are as follows: Blueberry Bake-off Contest Adults: best of show, Susan Withrow; breakfast item, first, Elizabeth Crockett; second, Rebekah Karkos; third, Alana Ladd; dessert, first, Susan Withrow; second, Melissa Griffin; third, Connie Ryan; main dish, Rebekah Karkos; miscellaneous, first, Susan Withrow; second, Rebekah Karkos. 15 and under: best of […]
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Country Music Jamboree JAY — A Country Music Jamboree will be held from noon to 11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at Where The Heck R We Campground, 261 Davenport Hill Road. There will be a variety of musicians playing throughout the day. For more information call 897-8113. Public supper at Masonic Hall LIVERMORE — A […]
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KC Hall temporarily closed
JAY — The Knights of Columbus Hall is temporarily closed until members can find a liability insurance policy they can afford. The closure suspends beano on Thursday nights and a free public supper scheduled Saturday. The policy jumped from about $1,800 to $4,800, association President Donald Castonguay of Livermore said. “We could not afford to […]
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Two Lewiston children injured when ATV flips in Jay
JAY — Two children from Lewiston were injured Friday night when an ATV they were riding with an adult hit a stump in a yard and tipped over. It happened during a family reunion at a camp at about 7 p.m. off Macomber Hill Road, Maine Warden Tom McKenney said Wednesday. Driver Matt Churchill, 31, […]