Stories about Jay

Memorial Day Parade, services set for Jay

JAY — The Memorial Day Parade lineup is ready and waiting to step off on Monday, May 28. Memorial services at different areas are also set to go. The parade will begin at 10 a.m. with line-up slated for 9 a.m. at the MEMCO parking lot on Main Street in Jay. The theme is to &ld...

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Workshop on invasives NEW VINEYARD —  A hands-on workshop on Invasive Plant and Insect Species will be held Thursday, May 31, at the Forster Ricardo Farm on the Miller Road. The all-day session is hosted by Franklin County Soil and Water Conservation District an...

'Play it Safe' fundraiser

The National Honor Society at Spruce Mountain High School, North Campus, in Jay, is raising money for the Jake Lord “Play it Safe” Foundation. The nonprofit organization was founded by Jenna Lord in memory of her brother Jake. The foundation will help local schools prevent head injuri...

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VFW holding chicken barbecue JAY — A chicken barbecue will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, May 25, at the VFW, Route 133. $8. 897-5112. Living School open house TEMPLE — Koviashuvik Local Living School will hold its Ice Cream Open House...

Lorraine Cote

LEWISTON — Lorraine Cote, 85, a resident of Franklin Road, Jay, died late Sunday, May 20, at d’Youville Pavilion, after a long battle with alzheimers. She was born March 26, 1927, in Livermore Falls, the eldest daughter of Peter and Carmille (Labine) Castonguay. Lorraine was a ...

Jay man charged with failing to stop for deputy

CHESTERVILLE — A Jay man faces several charges after a deputy attempted to stop the truck he was driving early Saturday and the driver kept going. Franklin County Cpl. Nate Bean tracked the truck into a logging clearing and found three people inside. Bean arrested David J. Far...

Excavator vandalized; truck stolen, recovered

JAY — Police are investigating damage to an excavator near a quarry off Woodman Hill Road that was reported Saturday. An employee of a business discovered that all the windows of a Komatsu excavator had been broken and reported it to police, Detective Richard Caton IV said Monday. Th...

Jay Fire Rescue Department to seek emergency medical response license

JAY — Selectmen voted Monday to allow the Fire Rescue Department to seek a secondary emergency medical response license so that qualified firefighters can start medical treatment at an accident scene prior to an ambulance arriving, Town Manager Ruth Cushman said Tuesday. The Fire Dep...

Jay man faces assault, obstructing charges

JAY —  Police arrested a local man Friday on a felony charge of aggravated assault and a misdemeanor charge of obstructing the reporting of a crime. Michael Beall, 27, is being held without bail at Franklin County Detention Center, Jay Police Chief Larry White Sr. said Wh...

Spruce Mountain High School

Members of the class of 2012 at Spruce Mountain High School include Aaron Adams, Penny Adams, Micaela Baron, Chad Bennett-Costa, Andrew Bernier, Matthew Berry, Ceola Bigelow, Mykayla Bilodeau, Aaron Black, Alex Black, Kenneth Blaisdell, Thomas Brenner, Aaron Bryant, Kristopher Caron, Evan Ca...