JAY — A Memorial Day Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, at VFW Post 3335. Anyone interested in the parade or honoring area veterans is welcome to attend. Contact Don Simoneau at 897-4139 or Diane Getz at 320-0103.
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Jay residents win eco-Excellence Awards
PORTLAND — Ecomaine honored six people March 22 representing the towns of Jay, Monmouth and Readfield for their contributions to preserving local ecology with the 2011 eco-Excellence Award. Ecomaine is a municipally-owned, nonprofit organization, which owns and runs a single-sort recycling facility in Maine, a landfill/ash fill site and a waste-to-energy plant that produces electricity. […]
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Students vote on new school names, mascots, colors
JAY — Student representatives from five schools in grades five through 12 worked in teams Tuesday to tally students’ nominations for school names, mascots and colors. Before they started, Jay High School Principal Gilbert Eaton asked the 61 student leaders to write their names on one side of a blank piece of paper. On the […]
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Contract to fix quarter of fire station roof awarded
JAY — Selectmen voted unanimously Monday to award a contract to repair a portion of the roof on Fire Station 2 at the southern end of the town to Chretien’s Construction of Livermore. The award is contingent on the company stripping shingles from one side of the roof on one of two buildings, providing proof […]
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Open house to highlight transfer station operations
JAY — The town’s transfer station crew will hold an open house in April to highlight the changes in operation there. The new truck the town ordered last year, capable of compacting trash and recycles in separate compartments, is expected to be on display, Public Works Director John Johnson said Monday. The town changed to […]
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Michaud rep PHILLIPS — Congressman Mike Michaud has announced that his staff will be available to meet with constituents on issues they are facing with federal agencies and to discuss services available through his office. Constituent service representative Jon Shute from Michaud’s Lewiston office will be available from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, March 31, […]
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Review of proposed $6.2 million budget begins Thursday
JAY — Selectmen and Budget Committee members will begin reviewing a proposed $6.2 million municipal budget for 2011-12 on Thursday. The draft budget reflects an increase of $27,552.32 over the current budget of $6.18 million. However, due to $421,345 less estimated in anticipated revenue, the net budget is proposed at $3.89 million compared to the […]
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Town gets grant for shade shelters
JAY — Selectmen voted Monday to authorize the town manager to sign a skin cancer prevention grant that the Area Youth Sports program will use to build a shade shelter at ball fields. The towns of Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls each applied for $5,000 grants through the Center for Maine Disease Control and Prevention. […]
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Jay, Livermore Falls high schools to combine sports teams July 1
JAY — RSU 36 directors and Jay School Committee members voted separately, in close votes Tuesday, to combine sports teams this year in the new, consolidated Regional School Unit 73. That means the age-old rivalry between the Jay Tigers and the Livermore Falls Andies will over as of July 1. They will play together in […]
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Six selectmen’s seats are up for election in three towns
LIVERMORE FALLS — Nomination papers for selectmen in Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls are available at those town offices. Two selectmen’s positions are up for election in Livermore Falls: a two-year term held by Alphonso Barker; and a three-year term held by Chairman Bill Demaray. Papers are due at the town office by 4 p.m. […]