Voters in Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls voted overhwelmingly Tuesday to approve a plan to consolidate the Jay School Department and RSU 36 into one school system. More details will appear in Wednesday’s Sun Journal.
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School consolidation vote is Tuesday
LIVERMORE FALLS — Residents of Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls will decide Tuesday whether they want to consolidate two school systems, just miles apart, into one. They rejected a previous plan in January 2009. In a survey the following year, a majority of residents responding said they wanted to try again. At the time, the […]
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HS notebook: EL’s Adams nears record
Records are made to be broken. Eventually. Edward Little boys’ basketball coach Mike Adams is on the doorstep of one that enjoyed unusual staying power. Adams, now in his 10th season at the Red Eddies’ helm, picked up career victory No. 141 Monday when EL (10-1) completed a home-and-home sweep of Cony. That puts him […]
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Recycling presentations rescheduled
JAY — Ecomaine has rescheduled its presentations on single-sort recycling to Tuesday, Feb. 1, at the Town Office. The sessions will be held at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. School consolidation hearing moved to Wednesday LIVERMORE FALLS — The final public hearing on the proposed school consolidation plan has been rescheduled to 6 p.m. Wednesday, […]
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The Hot Corner: Livermore Falls-Jay merger comes with cost
Progress has a price. It’s also guaranteed to generate dissension and devil’s advocacy. So it is with the hypothetical school consolidation of Jay and Livermore Falls, a proposal headed to the taxpayers and voters a week from Tuesday. Those in favor view a merger as the best use of resources; a necessary evil, perhaps, in […]
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Boys’ Basketball: Andies trip Tigers in slugfest
LIVERMORE FALLS — One punch. One ejection. Two wrestling matches. Four technical fouls. Audible taunting. Red-faced, veins-in-the-temple-popping crowd exhortation straight out of the 1980s. When it was over, Livermore Falls players, coaches and fans rushed the playing surface and celebrated as if they had won a state championship, just as they did after the football […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Tigers can’t stall Andies
LIVERMORE FALLS — Mark Simpson glanced over at Megan Therrien and Annika Durrell Thursday night and put the onus on them. With Jay and Livermore battling through another defensive standoff, the Andies were going to need some clutch baskets from their outside shooters. “I told both of them during a time out that they’re taking […]
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School merger hearing rescheduled
LIVERMORE FALLS — The hearing on the proposed plan to consolidate Jay and RSU 36 schools scheduled for Wednesday night has been rescheduled due to inclement weather. The hearing will be held at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 18, at the Livermore Falls High School cafeteria.
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High School Notes: Devils, Saints set for Round 2
With a larger-than-the-score-indicates 5-2 win over St. Dom’s in their last meeting the Lewiston Blue Devils will enter this weekend’s second showdown with the Saints … as underdogs? “They’re in first place, and the last time we played them in a playoff game, they beat us,” Lewiston coach Jamie Belleau said. “So, certainly we have […]
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Tonight’s hearing postponed until Jan. 18
LIVERMORE FALLS — The hearing on the proposed plan to consolidate Jay and RSU 36 schools into one system scheduled for Wednesday has been rescheduled due to inclement weather. The hearing will be held at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 18, at the Livermore Falls High School cafeteria.