Too much to do and too little time. That’s how Chris Bessey sums up his decision to step down as the girls’ basketball coach at Jay High School. Bessey informed the team’s players last week that he was resigning from the program after eight seasons. “I sat down last week with the juniors, next year’s […]
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Jay firefighters to trade air bottles
JAY — Selectmen voted Monday to allow the Fire Rescue Department to trade four new air bottles that were intended to be part of a mobile cascade air system, for a rapid intervention team pack that holds 60 minutes of air. The difference between the two is about $900, which the department would lose in […]
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Municipal budget talks to begin Wednesday
JAY — Selectmen will begin 2011-12 municipal budget talks on Wednesday in a meeting with department heads. The meeting begins at 3 p.m. March 9 at the town office. It is open to the public, but no public comment will be allowed. Selectmen, department heads and Budget Committee members have a joint meeting scheduled at […]
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Officials begin budget development for new school system
JAY — A panel began work Tuesday night to create a new school system to better serve the students in Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls. The Transition Committee is tasked with putting together a detailed budget for a consolidated Jay and RSU 36 system and to operate it for the first year of RSU 73. […]
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16 to vie for 13 seats on new RSU 73 school board
JAY — Sixteen residents of Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls have filed nomination papers to be candidates for the new 13-member board for RSU 73. Both Livermore and Livermore Falls will have contested races. The board will oversee a new consolidated school system that will be made up of Jay and RSU 36 schools. Voting […]
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School merger panel to hold first meeting
JAY — The school consolidation Transition Committee will hold its first meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at the Jay Middle School library. The committee is charged with helping to move the consolidation effort forward until a new RSU 73 takes over. Residents in Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls voted in January to merge […]
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Jay board adopts new sewer billing policy
JAY — Selectmen on Monday approved a new policy to govern sewer billing, effective July 1. Under the plan, winter quarter water-use readings will be used to calculate sewer bills. Last January, the board set the minimum base sewer rate at $250 for 3,200 cubic feet of water used. Any amount of water used above […]
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Truck loaded with bottled water goes off road, closes section of Route 4
JAY — A tractor-trailer loaded with bottled water went off Route 4 on Jay Hill on Monday, halting traffic for more than seven hours. The driver, 35-year-old Rohan Porteous of Norcross, Ga., was not hurt. The 2011 Freightliner was heading up the south side of Jay Hill at about 11:48 a.m. during the snowstorm, when […]
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Three candidates vie for new 13-member RSU 73 board
JAY — As of midday Tuesday, only three candidates had submitted nomination papers for the new 13-member school board to oversee Regional School Unit 73. The deadline for filing is Friday, March 4. RSU 73, made up of Jay and the former RSU 36 towns of Livermore and Livermore Falls, goes into operation July 1. […]
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Students to develop, vote on ideas for school colors, mascot, school names
JAY — Principals from Jay and RSU 36 plan to hold assemblies Wednesday, March 2, for students in grades five through 12 to update them on consolidation efforts. Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls voters approved a plan on Jan. 25 to consolidate Jay and RSU 36 into RSU 73 as of July 1. School officials […]