Lowering taxes on the wealthy will not create jobs; taxes on the wealthiest Americans and corporations are not causing our economic woes. No company is going to hire people simply because it is making money. The only reason a company would hire is because it needs more manpower. Demand for products and services creates that […]
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Governor to speak at chamber
JAY — Gov. Paul LePage will be guest speaker at the breakfast meeting of the Jay, Livermore, Livermore Falls Chamber of Commerce on Nov. 4. It will be held at LaFleur’s Restaurant on Route 4/Main Street from 7 to 9 a.m. The Member in the Spotlight will be Ken Jacques of Spruce Mountain Ski Slope. […]
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Baggies request leads to drug arrest in Jay
JAY – Police seized more than a pound of marijuana Sunday, after receiving a complaint about someone knocking on doors at a Jewell Street apartment house and asking for baggies. Darin D. Mills, 31, who was living in apartment 3 at 6 Jewell St., was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of trafficking in marijuana and […]
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Jay woman seeks to preserve war monument
JAY — Resident Hyla Friedman who spearheaded the effort in 2004 to improve and expand the War Memorial on Route 4, is at it again. This time, the 90-plus-year-old woman, is fighting to protect the monument that the state is trying to revamp for road construction purposes, she told selectmen Monday. The state is reconstructing […]
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Mt. Blue biotechnology students search for new virus
FARMINGTON — A small water sample from a peat bog in Chesterville captivates the attention of students in the biotechnology program at Foster Career and Technical Education Center. One of 38 tests on samples recently taken from local water sources, it’s the only one to show potential results for identification of a new virus but […]
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Jay railroad crossing to be fixed next week
JAY — Pan Am Railways will fix the railroad crossing on Crash Road, near the intersection of Riley Road, next week, company Executive Vice President Cynthia Scarano said Wednesday. Jay and Maine Department of Transportation authorities have fielded more than 15 complaints about the crossing in the last month, Jay Town Manager Ruth Cushman said. […]
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Bazaar a success
Circle 677, Daughters of Isabella, St. Rose of Lima, Jay, held the annual fall bazaar recently. People were lining up at the doors at the 7 a.m. opening. The rainy day did not keep many people from the bazaar.
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Daughters discuss suppers
JAY — Daughters of Isabella Circle 677 of St. Rose of Lima met Oct. 12. The session was called to order by Regent Laurie Gagnepain at 6:45 p.m. and recitation of the Rosary was led by Chancellor Laurieanne Castonguay. A Mass for deceased members of the Daughters of Isabella and the Knights of Columbus will […]
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School to pilot anti-harassment, violence-prevention initiative
JAY — Spruce Mountain High School will be a pilot school for the Bystander Project, an anti-harassment and violence-prevention initiative created to achieve the maximum effect on Maine high schools, North Campus Principal Gilbert “Specs” Eaton said Thursday. “We will be working with the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault, which is the lead organization,” he […]