JAY — Commander Wallace Tripp and Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen chairman Palmer Hebert of the Frank L. Mitchell Post 3335 and Lynn Dunton, co-chairwoman of the Auxiliary, have announced the kick-off of this year’s scholarship contests. Voice of Democracy is a patriotic three- to five-minute audio/essay on a tape or CD. Participants must […]
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Bug Camp, club meeting FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue Area Garden Club members will have the opportunity to visit Ann Mallett’s Bug Camp at 113 Greenwood Ave. at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21. Every year MBAGC sponsors a scholarship to Bug Camp for a deserving young student. As well as a tour of the camp surroundings […]
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Thelma Gross Smith
FARMINGTON — Thelma Gross Smith, 89, a former resident of Jay, died Tuesday, Aug. 14, at Orchard Park Nursing Home. She was born Dec. 13, 1922, in Livermore Falls, the daughter of Horace H. Gross and Rosella L. (Bergeron) Gross. Thelma was a 1940 graduate of Jay High School. On April 4, 1941, she married […]
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Panel to discuss fireworks ordinance
JAY – The town Ordinance Review Committee will meet Thursday to discuss drafting a fireworks ordinance. The meeting is at 6 p.m. at the Town Office and is open to the public.
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RSU 73 student handbooks OK’d; directors question differences
JAY — RSU 73 directors voted 11-1 Thursday to approve student handbooks, with Director Dan DiPompo of Jay opposed. Directors questioned why the rules were not the same at the Jay and Livermore Falls high schools. Principals said they need one more year to bring handbooks completely in line for the Spruce Mountain High School […]
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N. Bourgoin: Shameful excuse for a president
President Barack Obama’s past, including questions about his citizenship, scholastic records and affiliations with the Chicago crowd, the Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers, his shameful senatorial record and Marxist agenda have all been given too much of a pass in the media. Inspired by his socialistic tutoring, and reinforced by his relationships, he now wants to […]
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Logging contractor to pay $5,000 fine for violation
AUGUSTA – A Jay logging contractor has entered into an agreement with the Maine Forest Service that resolves a violation of the state’s forest practices law on land in Freeman Township in northern Franklin County. The Maine State Forest Service of the Maine Department of Conservation announced the agreement on Monday in a press release. […]
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Two receive Verso scholarships
ORONO — John Wolanski, University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation president, announced the fall scholarship recipients at a recent luncheon and tour hosted by Verso Paper Corporation’s Androscoggin Mill in Jay. Twenty students will receive full-tuition scholarships to study engineering at the University of Maine. Local students include: Casey Pomerleau from Leavitt High School […]
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Selectmen OK fire engine repairs
JAY — Selectmen voted Monday to approve $1,613 to be used out of the Fire Rescue Department’s capital reserve to refurbish a 1996 fire engine. Some of the paint is blistering and some spots are starting to rust on Engine I, which is housed at the North Jay Fire Station, Public Safety Director Larry White […]
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Suspect’s car catches fire in police chase
JAY — A Wilton man faces charges after police say he led them on a chase Friday night that began in New Sharon and continued through several Franklin County towns before the engine in the man’s vehicle blew up and caught fire on Route 133 in Jay. He then fled on foot. Allan Stebbins, 29, […]