LIVERMORE FALLS — On Nov. 28, the Jay Livermore Falls Seniors met at Murray Hall with Shirley Couture, chairwoman, presiding, with 33 members present. Heather Chandel, coordinator of volunteer services, along with Robin Andrews presented a short history of SeniorsPlus and the services they offer. They spoke of the need for volunteers at the Masonic […]
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RSU 73 to consider regional adult, community education partnership
LIVERMORE FALLS — Regional School Unit 73 directors will consider entering into an adult and community education partnership on Thursday with Mt. Blue’s RSU 9 in the Farmington area and RSU 52 in Turner area. RSU 73 in Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls is currently partners with RSU 52, Superintendent Bob Wall said. The school […]
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Food drive ready to roll
JAY — Organizers are hoping for more volunteers to step forward to help with the Fill the Cupboard project being held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 9-11, at the Jay Plaza. The intent is to have two to three people collecting donations at the trailer set up near Hannaford […]
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Christmas at Norlands in Livermore shares early Maine history with large crowds
LIVERMORE — Far removed from today’s hectic holiday routine, a few hundred people attending Christmas at Norlands experienced an interactive glimpse into simpler times. Not to mention fresh molasses cookies and mulled cider made on a wood stove at the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center on Saturday. “We’ve had a very good group through,” Jackie Dion […]
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Health insurance premium to increase 4 percent
LIVERMORE — The cost of health insurance will increase by 4 percent in 2012, which is less than half of what was estimated in the town budget. Last year the increase was 9.5 percent, town administrative assistant Kurt Shaub said Wednesday. He budgeted for a 10 percent hike for the coming year, but Maine Municipal […]
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Norlands hosting 19th century Christmas celebration
LIVERMORE — The Washburn-Norlands Living History Center will open for a 19th-century interactive Christmas celebration from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. The center is at 290 Norlands Road. Admission, which benefits the nonprofit museum, is $8, $4 for children under 12. Activities will include 19th-century parlor games, storytelling and holiday readings from […]
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Walking for hope
The second annual Hope With Every Step event was held Oct. 1 at the Livermore Falls Recreation Field. The Hope With Every Step 5K race/walk raised nearly $50,000, which will go to the A-T Children’s Project to help find a cure. Josh and Brooke Brochu of Jay and Emmy Rowles of Lewiston are living with […]
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Kathyleen White Pulkkinen
FREDERICK, Md. — Kathyleen Virginia White Pulkkinen went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Nov. 12, after a short stay at the Kline Hospice House in Frederick County, Md. She was born Oct. 10, 1922, at the family home on the River Road in Livermore, the daughter of Amos Turney and Elsie […]
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Protect critical funding
By the end of November, the congressional “supercommittee” is required to submit recommendations to Congress on how the federal government can reduce the deficit by at least $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years. As someone who has been touched by cancer in so many ways, I’m calling on the supercommittee members to make cancer […]
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Class of 1961 held 50th reunion
JAY — The Jay High School Class of 1961 held a 50th class reunion at LaFleur’s Restaurant on Sept. 24. Twenty-five of the 53 original classmates who started high school together as freshmen attended. Decorations furnished by Lois Beechum and flowers by Ron Couture were in autumn colors. A table was set up with a […]