The amount for regular instruction in Regional School Unit 73 was decreased $100,000 after numbers obtained from Anthem for insurances came in less than anticipated.
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Totus Tuus registration open for teens, children
Hundreds of Maine teens and children can participate in a week-long summer Catholic youth program for grades 1-12. Registration is open for Totus Tuus 2023, scheduled to be presented in 10 Maine communities this summer: Houlton (June 18-23), Lewiston (June 18-23), Fort Kent (June 25-30), Jay and Farmington (June 25-30), Caribou (July 9-14), Scarborough (July […]
Local robotics teams qualify for New England District Championship
Knights of Katahdin, a rookie team from Wilton, and Blue Crew, a team with students and mentors from Farmington and Jay schools, are among the 90 FIRST Robotics Competition teams that qualified for the New England District Championship being held April 5-8 in West Springfield, Massachusetts.
Principal dresses as leprechaun after students meet fundraising goal
Students at Spruce Mountain Elementary School met Principal Pat St. Clair’s challenge to raise more money than last year during the Read-A-Thon fundraiser so he wore a leprechaun costume Friday, March 31, as their reward.
RSU 73 meeting April 6 will review budget, updated taxes per town
A state calculation error means Regional School Unit 73 will be receiving more money for next year’s budget, which will lower the tax amounts requested from each town.
Spruce Mountain school district budget to be reviewed Thursday
LIVERMORE FALLS — A recalculation by the state to correct errors in state funding for education means Spruce Mountain school district taxpayers will see smaller increases than initially expected. A hearing on the 2023-24 spending plan will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Spruce Mountain High School cafeteria in Jay. Each of the […]
Androscoggin Bank commits $30,000 to help support Jay economic development after mill closure
Pixelle Specialty Solutions, owner of closed Androscoggin Paper Mill, requests tax abatement for mill personal property and real estate.
Police waiting to interview 2 people hospitalized after crash, robbery in North Jay
The car hit a tree — splitting it and folding back the driver’s side — and rolled over.
Livermore Falls woman, Farmington man seriously injured in crash after police chase
Police said the vehicle is likely the one seen fleeing the scene of a robbery in Jay minutes before.