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No one injured in logging truck roll-over
JAY — No one was injured Monday morning when a loaded, logging truck rolled over on Route 17 in North Jay. Reed Lee, 44, of Wayne, was traveling north on the road toward Dixfield when he veered to the right to avoid another vehicle in front him that was making a left turn into Birch […]
Panel appoints superintendent of new consolidated school system
LIVERMORE FALLS — Regional School Unit 73 directors voted 9-4 Thursday to appoint Jay Superintendent Robert Wall as superintendent and RSU 36 Superintendent Sue Pratt as assistant superintendent of the new consolidated school district. Both have worked during the past year to move the Jay School Department and RSU 36 in Livermore and Livermore Falls […]
Bethany Moore earns Woodmen scholarship
JAY — Bethany M. Moore has been awarded an $8,000 four-year Fraternal College Scholarship in a national competition with other students who are members of Modern Woodmen of America. Modern Woodmen, a fraternal benefit society offering financial services, has local representatives and is based in Rock Island, Ill. Moore, the daughter of Paul Moore and […]
Jay Historical Society to meet at new location
JAY — The Jay Historical Society will hold a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 19, at its new archives building, next to the Holmes-Crafts Homestead on Jay Hill. Guest speaker for the evening will be Barry M. Allen, a Professional Land Surveyor, who will present a program on the early surveying of Maine and […]
Interim contracts approved
LIVERMORE FALLS — Regional School Unit 73 directors unanimously approved two successor work agreements for RSU 36 teachers and Jay bus drivers/custodians during the board’s first meeting Monday. The two school systems are merging in July to become RSU 73. The decisions came after nearly 80 minutes in executive session. RSU 36 directors had voted […]
Parade to recognize Vietnam veterans
JAY — The theme of this year’s Memorial Day Parade in the tri-town area is “Thank You to our Vietnam War Veterans.” This year’s parade will start at 10 a.m. Monday, May 30, at Memco on Main Street in Jay and travel down to the Geneva Hodgkins Memorial Park in Livermore Falls. Lineup for the […]
Current superintendents to remain in place in RSU 73 until positions decided
LIVERMORE FALLS — Regional School Unit 73 directors voted Monday unanimously to have the current superintendents continue interim duties until July 1 or the appointment of a superintendent for the new school district, board Chairwoman Denise Rodzen said Tuesday. The vote followed a 90-minute executive session, and two failed votes on who would be the […]
RSU 73 board affirms school name, mascot, colors
LIVERMORE FALLS — Jay and RSU 36 students’ choices of new names for the high and middle schools, a mascot and school colors prevailed Monday but not until each was debated. Regional School Unit 73 directors voted 11-1 on each of the students’ recommendations. Students from Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls in grades five through […]
Firefighters to get paid for monthly meeting attendance
JAY — Selectmen voted Monday to pay firefighters $10 for attending their monthly meeting, Town Manager Ruth Cushman said Tuesday. Firefighters had requested the stipend. “Some of them, it is not mandatory, are planning on turning their pay in to the Fire Fighters Association to support their efforts,” she said. Selectmen also voted to authorize […]