JAY — Regional School Unit 73 directors will meet Monday to sign warrants pertaining to the proposed $18.34 million budget for 2011-12. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. May 23 at the Cedar Street Learning Complex in Livermore Falls. The board will also hold an orientation workshop with legal counsel. The board adopted the […]
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Selectmen to consider truck purchase, road bond
JAY — Selectmen will begin their board meeting Monday with a visit to the town’s highway garage to look at two trucks and a bulldozer. They will be there at 5:30 p.m. May 23, and then head back to the town office to reconvene at 6 p.m. Selectmen want to look at the vehicles and […]
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H.S. Baseball Notebook: Hornets try a call to arms
Rockland coach Joe Nelsen Sr. said after his team’s 4-3 victory over Leavitt on Wednesday that he had a hard time getting a good read on Leavitt based on the scores of their first 10 games. Imagine how the Hornets’ own coach feels? Leavitt’s scores show the schizophrenic nature of coach Dave Bochtler’s team — […]
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Jay High School
Members of the class of 2011 at Jay High School include: Dylan Bassett, Matthew Beaudette, Katherine Beaulieu, Cassandra Beliveau, Connor Boynton, Geordan Brown, Mariah Buote, Kyle Burnell, Jordan D. Couture, Jordan P. Couture, Lindsay Couture, Garrett Dee, Jacob Dingus, Brittany DiPompo, Marlee Dubord , Brianna Farrington, Mathew Ferland, Shauni Flagg, Naomi Gettle, Dustin Hargreaves, Jacob […]
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Masons hold supper to benefit project graduation
LIVERMORE FALLS — Members of the Masonic Oriental Star 21 Lodge will hold a baked bean supper Saturday to benefit Project Graduation parties for Jay and Livermore Falls high schools. The meal will be served from 5 to 6:30 p.m. May 21 at the VFW in Jay. The cost is $6 per person.
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Mill worker burned while working on steam pipe
JAY — A Verso Paper Corp. employee was taken to a hospital Thursday with hot-water burns on his chest and arm, Communications Manager Cherilee Budrick said Friday. The employee, a maintenance worker whose name was not released, was still being treated at the hospital Friday, she said. The worker reportedly was doing regular maintenance on […]
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Jay physics team wins wind energy challenge
JAY — The looks of wonder on the faces of the students were priceless as they watched the wind turbine blades they designed and built begin to rotate and build up speed. The seven members of the Jay High School honors physics class had no way of testing their turbine under high-speed fans prior to […]
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RSU 73 board sends $18.34 million budget to voters
JAY— Regional School Unit 73 directors voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a proposed $18.34 million budget for 2011-12 for the new consolidated school system. The spending plan reflects a $125,521 increase over the combined budgets of Jay and RSU 36 school systems. About $54,000 of the increase is due to directors adding in one year […]
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School panel rejects eliminating technology position
JAY — The School Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to retain an elementary school technology integrator position, but the RSU 73 board will have the final say Wednesday night when a budget for the consolidated system is expected to be adopted. The Jay panel had put off making a decision on Superintendent Bob Wall’s recommendation in […]
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Administration structure changed; cap set on wage increases for central office staff
LIVERMORE FALLS — Regional School Unit 73 directors Tuesday voted 11-2 to contract for bus maintenance. The vote authorized the superintendents to remove from the proposed budget the sum of $150,534 for the district to maintain buses and to add $121,600 to pay for contracted maintenance services. The savings in the proposed $18.28 million budget […]