JAY — Selectpersons and Budget Committee members worked 3½ hours Thursday night to make $169,000 in tentative cuts from a $5.4 million draft 2016-17 budget. The overall goal was to reduce the budget by 10 percent. Department heads had already reduced the proposal by $250,000. The cuts will be reviewed Feb. 22 and 23 at […]
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Livermore to seek $400,000 loan for sand/salt shed
LIVERMORE — Selectpersons have approved applying for a $400,000 loan from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to build a sand and salt shed. The town is on a state list of municipalities where salt is leaching into the ground. Without a new shed, the town will lose its contamination waiver and be required to get a […]
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Students collect 1,300 items for Mt. Blue High School food closet
FARMINGTON — Students on the Mt. Blue Campus collected 1,300 food items and drinks for the school’s very own food closet — a food closet many teachers and students didn’t know existed, according to Judy Harmon, Class of 2018 adviser. Students are able to eat breakfast and lunch at the school. But on weekends or […]
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Five candidates to be interviewed for Mt. Blue Middle School principal
FARMINGTON — Five candidates for Mt. Blue Middle School principal will be interviewed Feb. 25. Veteran educator and Principal Gary Oswald is retiring when his contract expires at the end of the school year. Regional School Unit 9 board member Tami Labul of Farmington, who is on the board’s Administrator Evaluation Committee, gave the update […]
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Texas teenager accused of stealing cash from Jay home
JAY — A Texas teenager is accused of burglarizing a home on Knoll Circle in Jay and stealing a large amount of cash while the homeowners were away on vacation in April 2015, Detective Michael Mejia said Wednesday. The teenager, of Sweeny, Texas, formerly of Jay, was 17 at the time the burglary occurred, Mejia […]
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Police: Jay driver killed in accident was drunk
JAY — A driver who died in a two-vehicle collision Jan. 14 on Route 140 had a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal threshold, Detective Michael Mejia said Wednesday. Toxicology results showed that Tina Dolloff, 45, of Jay had a blood-alcohol content of 0.25 percent. The legal limit is 0.08 percent. Dolloff was found […]
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Hippach Field centennial celebration planned in Farmington
FARMINGTON — Plans to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Hippach Field on June 18 are underway, Town Manager Richard Davis told the Board of Selectmen on Tuesday. The historic park near downtown Farmington offers four-season recreation opportunities, including a lighted major league baseball field, a Little League field, lighted tennis and basketball courts, a wading pool, a picnic […]
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Farmington board holds hearing on 82 High Street project
FARMINGTON — A $1.54 million project to create better housing at 82 High Street appears to be falling into place, Selectman Michael Fogg told the board on Tuesday. The board held a public hearing on an application for a Community Development Block Grant for the project. Residents will vote on the grant March 28. Several […]
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Livermore Falls man charged with threatening another with a gun
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police said a local man is accused of threatening to shoot a man with a handgun as he walked away from a residence on Bemis Street on Thursday night. Quinn Corkum, 18, of 33 Bemis St. was arrested Thursday on a felony charge of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon, Police Chief […]
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RSU 9 directors approve 2016-17 school calendar
FARMINGTON – Regional School Unit 9 directors Tuesday approved the 2016-17 calendar that sets the first day of school for students in kindergarten through grade nine on Aug. 31. Students in grades 10 through 12 will start Sept. 1. It is followed by a day off for all students on Sept. 2, allowing a four-day […]