JAY — The town is out of the Dumpster service. Selectmen voted unanimously Monday to eliminate the service effective June 30. It doesn’t mean that the town won’t pick up businesses’ trash, Selectman Tim DeMillo said. It just means the town won’t be dumping Dumpsters anymore, he said. If business representatives, trailer park or apartment […]
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Girls’ Basketball: Cougars recover, take out Tigers in OT
JAY — Not bad for one team held hostage by the flu and another dealing with two injured starters and a quiet night for its leading scorer. Dirigo watched a seven-point lead slip away in the final two minutes of regulation before stealing it back with the first seven points of overtime, warding off Jay, […]
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Gulliver’s travels: Police extinguish fire in early stage
JAY — An alert police officer saw flames on the porch of a house at 13 Elm St. at about 9 p.m. Thursday and evacuated the house. Officer Nick Gulliver was on patrol downtown when he saw the fire and called for assistance, Public Safety Director Larry White Sr. said Friday. Gulliver and Livermore Falls […]
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Two injured in Route 4 accident
JAY — Two local drivers were injured Thursday afternoon in an accident on Route 4, police said. Nancy Lindgren, 78, who was driving a 2004 Volkswagen, complained of pain and was taken by NorthStar Ambulance to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, Jay police Cpl. Jeff Fournier said. Lindsay Couture, 18, who was driving a 2002 […]
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Hearing on consolidation brings new questions
LIVERMORE — Class sizes, school security, future costs and closing schools were on the minds of some who attended a public hearing on school consolidation Wednesday. More than 50 people from Livermore, Livermore Falls and Jay attended the second of three hearings a plan to merge the Jay School Department and Regional School Unit 36. […]
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Jay man reaches goal of being police officer
JAY — Nicholas Gulliver set a goal when he was growing up to become a police officer. On Dec. 17, he became a certified officer with the Jay Police Department after graduating from the Maine Criminal Justice Academy. He has been with the department since October 2009. “Nick set a goal of becoming a police […]
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Businessman directed to file an abatement request
JAY — The town manager suggested a businessman file an abatement to begin the process of looking into whether he is being overcharged for sewer service. Jody Therrien told selectmen Monday night that he reviewed his sewer bills to figure out why they had increased so dramatically for his car wash. He said his sewer […]
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Possible elimination of Dumpster pickup service draws concern
JAY — Business representatives voiced concern Monday to selectmen about the possibility of Dumpster pickup service being eliminated. The subject was not on the agenda but came up under old business when a businesswoman asked the status of Dumpster pickup in the town. No decision was made. Selectmen agreed after an hour of debate to […]
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Jay voters to consider selling town land
JAY — Selectmen will hold a special town meeting Monday, Dec. 20, to see if voters want to sell two strips of town land to abutters of the Stone Street Baseball Field. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the town office and will be followed by a regular selectmen’s meeting. Selectmen learned Nov. 22 […]