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    March 20, 2024

    February Phoenix Promise Keepers of the Month at SMPS

    LIVERMORE — Here are the students at Spruce Mountain Primary School who were the February Phoenix Promise Keepers of the Month. Our Phoenix Promise is a pledge we say each morning during morning announcements. It states, “I promise to Spread Kindness, Model Responsibility, Practice Safety, and Show Respect.” Our specialist staff also pick a student […]

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    March 20, 2024

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    Miss Buddy Poppy JAY — VFW in Jay is looking for candidates for Miss Buddy Poppy for this year’s Memorial Day Parade.  The candidate needs to be a relative of a VFW member and be 8 to 12 years of age.  Miss Buddy Poppy will ride in the parade in a convertible. All you need […]

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    March 20, 2024

    Post 10 supports Honor Flight Maine

    LIVERMORE FALLS — It was a great night at The American Legion Post 10 last night with a presentation on Honor Flight Maine. Mathew Mank, Chairman of the Board, and Charlie Paul, came to speak to the community about taking Veterans to Washington D C to tour the monuments, all for free. Every WWII Veteran […]

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    March 20, 2024

    Navigating wellness in law enforcement

    For the second installment of writing on the need for wellness for First Responders, I interviewed Jay Police Chief Richard Caton, IV. One of the perks of growing up in rural America is knowing generations of families. Chief Caton’s grandfather and my father knew each other through law enforcement; I know of his father through […]

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    March 20, 2024

    Artists wanted for agriculture-focused calendar

    REGION —The Maine Agricultural Mediation Program (MAMP) is looking for artists for its 2025 wall calendar with a submission deadline of May 20. The 2025 calendar, which showcases the artwork by Maine-based artists, will celebrate the theme of “farming and tending to the land and sea throughout the seasons.” This annual wall calendar features artwork […]

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    March 20, 2024

    VFW Post 3335 goes to DC

    WASHINTON, DC — The State of Maine VFW organization recently sent a nine-member delegation to Washington DC week of March 3rd, that included two local members and citizens, Lynn Dunton and Jim Manter of Livermore, from the Jay VFW Post 3335. The 2024 VFW Washington Conference was held March 3-7, 2024, in Washington, D.C.  The […]

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    March 20, 2024

    Pets of the Week

    Franklin County Animal Shelter is located at 550 Industry Road in Farmington. The shelter’s lobby, kitten, and available adult cat rooms are open to the public Monday to Saturday, Noon to 4 p.m., and they are performing dog adoptions by appointment.  Please call us at 207-778-2638 during our office hours to schedule. We’d love to […]

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    March 20, 2024

    Youth art month grade 6 SMMS

    JAY — Spruce Mountain Middle School art instructor Lesley Smith led these Spruce Mountain Middle School sixth grade students in an OP Art Project. It is a lesson on optical illusions and shading and blending using color pencils.

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    March 20, 2024

    4-H workshop explores changing tidepools

    REGION — University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering a weekly online workshop for youth, ages 13-18, focused on Maine’s tide pools and citizen science. The 4-H Tidepool Immersion Discovery and Ecology (TIDE) workshop series will be held from 4-5 p.m. on Tuesdays, April 9-May 11. An optional field day will be held April […]

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    March 20, 2024

    North Livermore Baptist Church

    NO. LIVERMORE — At the North Livermore Baptist Church March 17 service, the congregation was welcomed by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The Invocation/Lord’s Prayer were recited. The hymns that were sung were “Praise Him! Praise Him!” “O How I Love Jesus”, and “I Believe in a Hill Called Mount […]