FARMINGTON — The following arrests were recently logged at Franklin County Detention Center: * Jaclyne McKinnon, 30, Wilton, warrant and fugitive from justice, Aug. 21, no bail listed, Wilton Police Department. * Tobin Fournier, 33, Jay, fugitive from justice, Aug. 21, no bail listed, Franklin County Sheriff’s Department.
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AMVETS donate for memorial stairway
JAY — Danny Taylor, 3rd vice president of The Sons of AMVETS Post 33, presented a check to Dixie Flagg for a donation towards completion of the Richard Parker Memorial and the “Stairway to Freedom” which currently has 160 steps. The park is a memorial to Flagg ’s son Richard Parker who served in the […]
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Shirley R. Ramsdell
FARMINGTON — Shirley Richard Ramsdell, 83, of Jay, died early Tuesday, Aug. 21, at Sandy River Center. He was born in Farmington, March 29, 1929, the son of Shirley M. and Effie (Crandall) Ramsdell. He was educated in the schools of Farmington. He worked for the Hollingsworth and Whitney paper mill in Winslow for many […]
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Robert J. Currier
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Senior Chief Robert John “Bob” Currier (Ret. USN), of Omaha, Neb., passed away surrounded by family, on Aug. 16, at the Grand Island Veterans’ Home after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Robert was born in Jay, Feb. 1, 1947, to Eileen (Meader) Currier and John “Jack” Currier. He attended Jay […]
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Virginia L. Di Tata
FARMINGTON — Virginia Lucile Kyes Di Tata, 90, a resident of Orchard Park Rehabilitation Center, formerly of Jay, was taken by the hand by her husband, Joe, and passed from this life dancing with him to their favorite song, “Stardust.” She danced to Heaven on Aug. 19, with her loving daughters by her side, who […]
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Wounded soldier improving; benefits planned
LIVERMORE FALLS — U.S. Army military policewoman Sgt. Helaina Lake is getting around in a wheelchair and is able to get herself in and out of bed at the military hospital in Maryland, her father, Bernal Lake, said Monday. Sgt. Lake, a 2007 Livermore Falls High School graduate, was seriously injured in a suicide bombing […]
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RSU 73 referendum vote on Tuesday
LIVERMORE FALLS — Residents of Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls will have another chance Tuesday to act on a proposed 2012-13 operating budget for RSU 73. Last week, voters at a districtwide budget meeting approved an $18.59 million budget, which is a 1 percent increase over the current year’s figure. The proposed budget is also […]
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Dementia care training in Lewiston, Jay
LEWISTON/JAY — The Maine Savvy Caregiver Program is a free six-week educational program for individuals caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia in the home setting. The program will be held in Lewiston and Jay and will run for two hours a week for six consecutive weeks. Classes will be held Wednesdays, starting […]
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12 seniors receive Franklin Bank scholarships
RUMFORD — Franklin Savings Bank’s Community Development Foundation has awarded $33,000 college scholarships to 12 local students. The scholarships are $3,000 each. The bank generally awards 11 scholarships per year, although one school, Mt. Abram, presented two scholarships this year due to a change in plans for one of its 2011 recipients and unspent funds […]
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School grant improves teaching strategies, student aspirations
JAY — RSU 73 is in its last year of a $1.2 million school improvement grant that was initially awarded to RSU 36’s Livermore Falls High School in 2010. The school received the money after it was named one of 10 “persistently low achieving” schools in reading and math and applied to improve education for […]