Masonic supper WILTON — A supper will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at the Harland M. Harnden Masonic Hall, 70 Bryant Road, East Wilton. Proceeds will benefit the building fund. The menu will include baked ham, mashed potato, mixed vegetables, dinner rolls, strawberry shortcake and beverages. Cost is adults $8, […]
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Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
RSU 73 makes third attempt to pass school budget
JAY — Voters in the three RSU 73 towns will be asked to consider a $18.59 million school budget for 2012-13 at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, in the cafeteria of the Spruce Mountain Middle School. Registered voters attending the meeting will have a chance to increase or decrease the proposed budget, which reflects a […]
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Richard “Rick” M. Rush Jr.
1945 – 2012 BOSTON — Richard “Rick” M. Rush Jr., 66, a resident of Jay, died Wednesday, Aug. 8, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he had been a patient for the last two months. He was born Sept. 8, 1945, in Livermore Falls, the son of Richard M. Rush, Sr. and Doris (Treworthy) […]
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Franklin County arrest log
FARMINGTON — The following arrests were recently logged at Franklin County Detention Center: * Edward E. Timler Jr., 39, Jay, violation condition of release, Aug. 8, $400 cash bail, court appearance Sept. 6, Jay Police Department. * Arthur J. Hentschel, 49, Wilton, domestic violence terrorizing, Aug. 8, no bail listed, Wilton Police Department. * Aaron […]
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Rec program draws 264 children
LIVERMORE FALLS — The town’s six-week, summer recreation program drew 264 children from five towns this year, Town Manager Kristal Flagg said Tuesday. Sally Boivin, director of the Spruce Mountain Summer Recreation Program, sent selectmen information to update them on this year’s program that ran in June and July, she said. The program is open […]
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Policy, redistricting up for discussion in Jay
JAY — Selectmen will be discussing instituting a fund balance policy at their meeting Monday. Auditors recommend a policy be put in place that would establish guidelines on how the town’s undesignated funds could be used and how much money is good to keep in the account, Town Manager Ruth Cushman said Wednesday. Auditors recommend […]
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E. Fitzgerald: A continued strong voice
This November will be a most important election for Maine. The Legislature needs the continued service of Rep. Paul Gilbert for District 87 (Chesterville, Jay, Mercer, New Sharon, Starks). Gilbert has served his community and state in a caring, as well as fiscally responsible, manner. As an educator, I have known him as a parent, […]
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Home caregiver training being offered
LEWISTON — Dementia Care Strategies Inc. will hold two sessions of the six-week Maine Savvy Caregiver Program for family caregivers caring for an individual with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia at home. Both sessions will run on Wednesdays, Aug. 22, through Sept. 26. The first session will be held at Jay-Niles Library from 2 […]
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Students’ garden bears vegetables for food cupboard
JAY — Trevor Doiron took out a flat, electronic kitchen scale Tuesday afternoon and placed it on the ground to weigh the first harvest of the Tri-Town Community Garden. He placed one cucumber at a time on it. The 14-year-old from Jay, along with fellow students and staff at the Spruce Mountain Middle School, family […]
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Reduced $18.59M budget to go to voters in third try
LIVERMORE FALLS — RSU 73 directors voted 8-3 to approve $145,467 more in cuts to put a proposed $18.59 million budget before voters. The budget goes to voters in a district-wide meeting format, similar to a town meeting, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, in the cafeteria of the Spruce Mountain Middle School in Jay. […]