The National Honor Society at Spruce Mountain High School, North Campus, in Jay, is raising money for the Jake Lord “Play it Safe” Foundation. The nonprofit organization was founded by Jenna Lord in memory of her brother Jake. The foundation will help local schools prevent head injuries and concussions by providing the best safety equipment […]
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VFW holding chicken barbecue JAY — A chicken barbecue will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, May 25, at the VFW, Route 133. $8. 897-5112. Living School open house TEMPLE — Koviashuvik Local Living School will hold its Ice Cream Open House from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 26. The event will feature […]
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Lorraine Cote
LEWISTON — Lorraine Cote, 85, a resident of Franklin Road, Jay, died late Sunday, May 20, at d’Youville Pavilion, after a long battle with alzheimers. She was born March 26, 1927, in Livermore Falls, the eldest daughter of Peter and Carmille (Labine) Castonguay. Lorraine was a graduate of Livermore Falls High School. On Sept. 1, […]
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Jay man charged with failing to stop for deputy
CHESTERVILLE — A Jay man faces several charges after a deputy attempted to stop the truck he was driving early Saturday and the driver kept going. Franklin County Cpl. Nate Bean tracked the truck into a logging clearing and found three people inside. Bean arrested David J. Farrington, 19, on charges of driving to endanger, […]
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Excavator vandalized; truck stolen, recovered
JAY — Police are investigating damage to an excavator near a quarry off Woodman Hill Road that was reported Saturday. An employee of a business discovered that all the windows of a Komatsu excavator had been broken and reported it to police, Detective Richard Caton IV said Monday. The employee works for the owner of […]
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Jay Fire Rescue Department to seek emergency medical response license
JAY — Selectmen voted Monday to allow the Fire Rescue Department to seek a secondary emergency medical response license so that qualified firefighters can start medical treatment at an accident scene prior to an ambulance arriving, Town Manager Ruth Cushman said Tuesday. The Fire Department would not be going on ambulance calls or transporting injured […]
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Jay man faces assault, obstructing charges
JAY — Police arrested a local man Friday on a felony charge of aggravated assault and a misdemeanor charge of obstructing the reporting of a crime. Michael Beall, 27, is being held without bail at Franklin County Detention Center, Jay Police Chief Larry White Sr. said When Cpl. Jeffrey Fournier of the Jay Police Department […]
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Spruce Mountain High School
Members of the class of 2012 at Spruce Mountain High School include Aaron Adams, Penny Adams, Micaela Baron, Chad Bennett-Costa, Andrew Bernier, Matthew Berry, Ceola Bigelow, Mykayla Bilodeau, Aaron Black, Alex Black, Kenneth Blaisdell, Thomas Brenner, Aaron Bryant, Kristopher Caron, Evan Castonguay, Nina Chavez, Kevin Chretien, Shaunna Damboise, Brittany Dills, Kalie Doiron, Jonathan Dunton, Ryan Dyke, […]
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St. Luke’s plant sale WILTON — St. Luke’s ECW plant sale will take place from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 19, at the church, 59 High St. Perennials, house plants, small bushes such as lilacs, as well as gently used gardening tools, books, planters, etc. are available at reasonable prices. Two $25 gift certificates […]
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Man accused of holding mill manager at gunpoint indicted
FARMINGTON — A Norridgewock man was indicted Thursday on charges that he held hostage the manager of Verso Paper’s Androscoggin Mill at the mill in Jay on March 14. Francis Smith III, 50, was charged by a Franklin County grand jury with kidnapping, terrorizing, three counts of criminal threatening and one count of assault. A […]