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Police, dogs turn up no drugs at school
JAY — Drug-detecting dogs and police recently checked Spruce Mountain High School north campus and the parking lot and no drugs were found, police Chief Larry White Sr. said Friday. The dogs did find a marijuana pipe outside of the school, he said. No one was charged, he said, because police could not determine to […]
Bottle drive to support robotics program
JAY — The Spruce Mountain Area Robotics Teams will hold a three-town bottle drive on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 12, in Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls to support the team. The team, known by the acronym SMART, will be conducting the drive to help pay the expenses associated with the new FIRST robotics program […]
Conversation, laughter make pie-making duty go faster
JAY — The buzz of conversation and laughter could be heard from outside the kitchen Thursday morning at St. Rose of Lima Parish Hall. There were 11 women busy making pies or cleaning up. Members of the Daughters of Isabella were making pumpkin and apple pies for the Knights of Columbus free supper from 4:30 […]
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Arts, Crafts Assoc. FARMINGTON — Franklin County Arts and Crafts Association will hold its final planning meeting Thursday, Nov. 17, prior to the association’s 40th annual Christmas fair. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the University of Maine at Farmington Student Center North Dining Hall. New members are welcome. A time for registering […]
RSU 73 equalizes honor roll requirements
LIVERMORE FALLS — RSU 73 directors voted unanimously Thursday to use the south campus’ high school honor roll grade requirements for this school year. The grade standards at both campuses of Spruce Mountain High Schools in Jay and Livermore Falls are the same. There is a difference, however, in the grade percentage when it comes […]
Jay students commended
JAY — Principal Gilbert Eaton, Spruce Mountain High School North Campus, has announced that Samantha Hutchinson and Megan Labbe have been named Commended Students in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to […]
Wreaths to be laid to honor, remember veterans
JAY — Veterans will lay one wreath in each of the towns of Fayette, Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls to remember and honor all veterans on Veterans Day. In addition, a wreath will be dropped from the Memorial Bridge between Livermore and Livermore Falls into the Androscoggin River in honor and memory of those who […]
Heating assistance committee to bake pies for donations for fuel
JAY — Members of a local heating assistance committee will bake and sell pies during the holidays to raise money for residents of three towns to heat their homes this year. Apple, pumpkin and blueberry pies will be sold for $12 each. With the high cost of heating oil, and federal and state low-income heating […]
Jay Livermore Falls Seniors met
LIVERMORE FALLS — The Jay Livermore Falls Seniors met at Murray Hall on Nov. 7 with 39 members and one guest, Doris Tripp, present. The meeting was opened with a prayer, salute to the flag and a moment of silence for all the departed members and a moment of silence for the men and women […]