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Jay man accused of supplying heroin, fentanyl in overdose

JAY — Police charged a local man Wednesday with supplying a mix of heroin and fentanyl to man who overdosed on it in February, Detective Michael Mejia said Thursday. Cameron Rose, 20, of Jay was arrested on a warrant charging felony aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs, he said. A conviction carries a penalty of up […]

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Jay to develop pricing schedule to accept Fayette’s trash

JAY — Selectpersons voted 4-1 Monday to have the town manager, two selectpersons and the director of Public Works Department develop a pricing schedule to accept trash from three haulers that serve Fayette. Select Board Chairman Justin Merrill opposed the vote while selectpersons Tom Goding, Terry Bergeron and Vice Chairman Tim DeMillo were in favor. […]

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Wilton police, MDEA arrest 2 suspects after finding cocaine

WILTON — A local woman and a New York man were charged with selling cocaine, after police and drug enforcement agents searched an apartment on Village View Street on Wednesday, Police Chief Heidi Wilcox said in a news release. Police arrested Arder Prinkleton, 45, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Crystal Taylor of Wilton on a felony […]

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Jay has two contested selectperson races

JAY – Voters will have two contested selectpersons races to consider when they head to the polls from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26, at the Jay Community Building. No one asked questions Monday during a public hearing on a proposed $5.2 million town budget for 2016-17. The proposal, which will also […]

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Jay OKs emergency communications repeater

JAY — Selectpersons approved Police Chief Richard Caton IV’s request to use $3,280 from the department’s capital account to purchase a 50-watt repeater. The old one is more than 10 years old and has been out of production for five years. When the repeater went down, Dirigo Wireless was called and was unable to fix […]

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Report: Franklin County healthier, Oxford less healthy

LEWISTON — When it comes to health, Franklin County is doing a little better than last year. Oxford County is doing a little worse. And Androscoggin County hasn’t moved at all.  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute released their annual County Health Rankings report Wednesday, looking at health factors […]

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Farmington shelter dog adopted to train as veteran service dog

FARMINGTON — A stray dog brought to Maine from South Carolina will soon head south again as a service dog for a wounded veteran. Rocky arrived at the Franklin County Animal Shelter from Macon County just a few days before One Warrior Won founder Richard Brewer and Vice President of Operations Julie Plummer came up […]

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Jay to remove road weight-restrictions at Polycor’s request

JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to remove vehicle weight-limit restriction posters on portions of Old Jay Hill and Woodman Hill roads so Polycor, a Canadian-based company developing the North Jay White Quarry, can continue construction of its granite-curbing plant. The posters were to be removed Tuesday morning on Old Jay Hill Road from Routes 4 […]