Franklin County Extension Homemakers attended the Maine Extension Homemakers Council meeting in Aroostook County, where MEHC President Barbara Hathaway, of Wilton, presided. Claudina Bechtel, Connie Simpkins and Lynda Davis attended from Weld Extension Homemakers. Amy Palmer attended from the Clearwater Homemakers. Betty Thompson and Carolyn Kelly arranged the two-day event as members from the hosting […]
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Library showing foreign films
JAY — A foreign film series began Oct. 5 at Jay-Niles Memorial Library. The series will run through Oct. 24, 2012. The next film will be “Children of Heaven” from Iran at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6. Tamara Hoke, library director, has devised a schedule of foreign film offerings for the public. Hoke said, “Film […]
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Town manager’s contract extended
JAY — Selectmen voted unanimously Monday to extend Town Manager Ruth Cushman’s contract by one year. Cushman asked for the one-year agreement, board Chairman Steve McCourt said. “It’s not that we’re trying to get rid of her, that’s what she wants,” he said. Selectman Thomas Goding said Cushman has agreed to work with selectmen on […]
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Board reinstates Otis Street dead-end road
JAY — Otis Street officially returned to being a dead end Monday night by a vote of selectmen. It is closed to through traffic with the exception of emergency vehicles, including municipal snow removal equipment, according to the motion approved. The change will go into the town’s road ordinance. Residents of the road and nearby […]
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Selectmen to look at vacant house
JAY — Selectmen decided Monday to look at a vacant house at 24 Church St. that is being offered to the town. A holding company that owns it is out of money and walking away from properties, Town Manager Ruth Cushman told the board. The company has offered it to the town. The single-family home […]
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Monument area to be tweaked but look the same
JAY — State transportation representatives, local residents and officials reached an agreement Tuesday on the town’s war monument in Chisholm Square. The Maine Department of Transportation is in the process of having 1.1 miles of Route 4 in Jay and Livermore Falls reconstructed. The project includes widening the road and putting in new sidewalks. In […]
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Student art on display
JAY — Artwork from 17 Jay Elementary School artists is on display at the Otis Federal Credit Union Gallery Student Art Exhibition for the next few weeks. The selected works of art are from kindergarten through fifth grade and feature a variety of styles and media. “The talent from my students is just amazing!” said […]