LIVERMORE FALLS — RSU 73 directors voted Thursday to approve 13 delayed-start Wednesdays at the high schools so that teachers from both campuses can work together in professional learning-group work, Superintendent Bob Wall said Monday. Jay and RSU 36 consolidated on July 1. There are currently two high school campuses, one in Jay and one […]
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Traffic flow on Otis, Pine streets to revert back
JAY — Selectmen took no action Monday night on the traffic flow but indicated they would return Otis Street to a dead-end and put back a “do not enter” sign at the end of Otis Street where Pine Street intersects in mid-October. The board decided to wait until after highway foreman John Johnson crafts the […]
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Military note – David Reed
GREAT LAKES, Ill. — Navy Seaman Recruit David M. Reed, son of Elizabeth A. and Bryce C. Reed of Jay, Maine, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command. During the eight-week program, Reed completed a variety of training which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water […]
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High School football: Spruce’s first season brings mountain of expectations
LIVERMORE FALLS —The consolidation of the Jay and Livermore Falls school systems had been anticipated for so long, it almost seemed the former rivals were always meant to be together. Yet it still hasn’t completely sunk in for Mark Bonnevie, the nine-year head coach at Jay and the first head coach of the Spruce Mountain […]
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SPEFS11 Spruce Mtn. football
Coach: Mark Bonnevie0 (10th year overall) Last year’s record: First year as a program Returning players: Seniors — Jake Bessey (WR), Zach Bonnevie (QB/DB), Andrew Stearns (FB/LB), Tommy Lee (OL/LB), Gavin Jones (RB/DB), James Barker (TE/LB), Bill Calden (RB/LB), Travis Williams (OL/DL), Ryan Pelletier (RB/DB), Nate Shink (WR/LB), Kyle Ainsley (OL/DL), Jake Richards (OL/DL), ; […]
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Jay man arrested twice in one day
FARMINGTON — A Jay man arrested on a warrant Wednesday ended up getting arrested again at the Franklin County jail after police said a small amount of marijuana fell out of his clothing during a strip search. Edward Barbioni, 28, turned himself in to Jay police Wednesday and was arrested on a warrant pertaining to […]
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Math teacher makes extra effort; produces engineers
JAY — Annette Girardin makes it a point to challenge all of her high school students to do the best they are able to do. She tries to teach a level above them. “Technically, if you teach a level above the kids, you actually bring the bottom up,” the 32-year veteran educator said Thursday. She […]
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Consolidated middle school a hit first day
JAY – Spruce Mountain middle schoolers chatted it up Wednesday behind the school as they waited to compete in get-acquainted exercises. It was the first day of school for students in Regional School Unit 73, a newly consolidated school system for Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls. Staff and students in grades six through eight in […]
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Land trust director to speak at Chamber meeting
JAY — The Jay, Livermore, Livermore Falls Chamber of Commerce’s next breakfast meeting will be held at 7 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at LaFleur’s Restaurant in Jay. The program speaker will be Jonathan LaBonte, executive director of Androscoggin Land Trust and the local Chisholm Trails program. The Androscoggin Land Trust is a membership supported land […]
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HS Field Hockey: Spruce Mountain moving forward
JAY — Coach Julia Parker didn’t know how long she’d owned her pair of orange shorts she wore at field hockey practice Wednesday, but she knew it hadn’t been long. “It’s weird, having orange in my wardrobe,” Parker admitted. The shirt she sported was just as intriguing — bright green with orange script reading, “Jivermore.” […]