ANDOVER — Logger Kurt Thurston knows he is lucky to be alive. Thurston, 32, was seriously hurt April 11 after a skidder ran over him while he was a mile in the woods. He received a crushed pelvis and a compound fractured ankle. He faces four to six months of recovery before he can go […]
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Mustangs riding high with as numbers swell
This day and age schools are losing junior varsity programs rather than adding them, but that’s not the case at Monmouth Academy. The Mustangs have been a program that barely had enough varsity players the last couple seasons but now the numbers have swelled significantly. “We knew this class was coming,” said Monmouth softball coach […]
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Deadline looms for filing nomination papers
JAY – The deadline to return nomination papers for election to town offices in Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls nears. In Jay, no one has returned papers for two, three-year terms on the Board of Selectmen. Those seats are currently held by Tom Goding and Tim DeMillo. Both have taken out papers, which are due […]
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Proposed $6.29 million town budget goes to hearing
JAY — Selectmen will hold a public hearing Monday on a proposed $6.29 million municipal budget for 2011-12 that will go before voters in June. Residents will also get a chance to discuss the town’s proposed Comprehensive Plan update and recycling and waste disposal ordinance. The spending package reflects a $110,606.32 increase over the current […]
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Driver injured after loaded logging truck rolls over
JAY — A Kingman truck driver was injured early Tuesday when his tractor-trailer loaded with logs veered off Route 4 into a ditch and rolled over onto its passenger side, police Chief Larry White Sr. said. Driver Albert Raymond, 57, was taken by NorthStar Emergency Medical Services ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, White […]
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Police arrest four in five days
JAY — Police made four arrests since Friday, with the most recent being early Tuesday morning, police Chief Larry White Sr. said Tuesday. Officer Nicholas Gulliver issued a disorderly conduct warning at 1:47 a.m. Tuesday to Michael J. Beall, 25, at 61 Main St., he said. Shortly after the officer left, the Jay police received […]
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Softball: Jay Opens With Win
JAY – There was really no easing into the regular season Friday for the Jay softball team. With little to no outside practice this season, the Tigers kicked the season off against a quality Lisbon team that has as much talent, experience and expectations as the Tigers themselves. “That’s a good team,” Jay coach Robin […]
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Pouch full of tools stolen
JAY — Police are investigating a theft of a tool pouch with about $1,200 worth of tools in it on Sunday from a yard on the south side of Jay Hill on Route 4, Jay police Cpl. Jeffrey Fournier said. A man had left a pouch with tools outside between 5 and 6 p.m., Fournier […]
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Driver unhurt after logging truck rolls over
JAY — A Vermont man escaped injury late Wednesday afternoon after the loaded logging truck he was driving struck a utility pole and rolled over on Route 4. The rig traveling southbound on the north side of Jay Hill veered to the right and into the soft shoulder of the highway, Jay police Chief Larry […]
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Correction: Name is Greenleaf
JAY — The last name of Felicia Greenleaf of Jay was incorrectly reported in a picture caption on Page B1 of the Franklin edition Tuesday.