JAY — Selectmen voted unanimously Monday to approve a three-year contract with a Sewer Department employee represented by Teamsters Union Local 340, Town Manager Ruth Cushman said Tuesday. The contract calls for a 1 percent pay raise in the first year and 1.5 percent raise in each of the second and third years. It is […]
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Jay man injured in Wilton crash
WILTON — A Jay man was thrown from his vehicle during a collision at the intersection of Route 2 and Maxwell Road on Tuesday afternoon. Oneil “Neil” Bourgoin, 78, of Macomber Hill Road in North Jay was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington and transferred to another hospital, a nursing supervisor said. Calls to […]
U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Jay hypnotist’s appeal in sex assault
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to review the case of a Jay man convicted of sexually assaulting a girl he hypnotized. Aaron J. Patton, 39, was found guilty by a jury in January 2011 in Androscoggin County Superior Court in Auburn of four counts of gross sexual assault, two counts of sexual […]
RSU 73 lists two new CMCC classes
JAY/LIVERMORE FALLS — The RSU 73 Spruce Mountain Adult and Community Education Program has announced that two Central Maine Community College classes will be offered locally in Jay and Livermore Falls in 2013. Beginning Jan. 17 and running for 15 weeks, U.S. History Since 1865 will be offered at Spruce Mountain North Campus from 5:30 […]
Joshua Whittemore
AUBURN — Joshua Whittemore, 34, a resident of Jay, passed away peacefully, Monday, Nov. 26, at Hospice House of Androscoggin, with his loving wife at his side, following complications from a stroke. He was born July 25, 1978, in Farmington, the son of Robert and Barbara (Gardiner) Whittemore. Josh attended school in Jay. He worked […]
Elementary schoolchildren to perform
JAY – The Jay Elementary School will be host winter concerts Tuesday, Dec. 4, and Wednesday, Dec. 5, at the school. Students in third, fourth and fifth grades will perform at 6 p.m. on Dec. 4. Students in kindergarten, first and second grades will perform at 6 p.m. on Dec. 5. Each concert is expected […]
A heartfelt, patriotic show of support
When Helaina Lake journeyed home Tuesday, she was met by the community of Maine. Sgt. Lake, an Army policewoman injured by a suicide-bomber in Afghanistan last June, arrived in Portland after months of medical treatment at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. From Portland, she was transported north to Jay by limo, and all along […]
Jerome C. Kidder
1945 – 2012 AUBURN — Jerome C. “Jerry” Kidder, 67, of Main Street, Dixfield, died Tuesday, Nov. 20, at the Hospice House in Auburn. He was born July 20, 1945, in Lewiston, the son of John and Georgina (Shields) Kidder and graduated from Stephens High School in Rumford. He served in the United States Marines […]
Hope With Every Step fundraising event was a huge success
JAY — The third annual Hope With Every Step Family Fun Day was a huge success, raising more than $38,000 for the A-T Children’s Project. Despite the threat of rain hundreds turned out to support the event held in honor of Josh and Brooke Brochu and Emmy Rowles, three local children afflicted with Ataxia Telangiectasia. […]