CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Olympic gold medalist Seth Wescott is training for more gold, but he’s also preparing for life after competition. Wescott is joining Winterstick Snowboards’ ownership group. The company plans to open a custom snowboard manufacturing shop at Sugarloaf Mountain in Carrabassett Valley, where the 39-year-old lives. He’ll help design and manufacture the boards. […]
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Livermore Falls building being dismantled
LIVERMORE FALLS — Livermore Falls officials agree that an abandoned building at 22 Gagnon St., now owned by the town, is a safety hazard. “There’s been a lot of traffic in and out of that building,” Town Manager Kristal Flagg said at Tuesday’s selectmen meeting. “It needs to go.” Acadia Contractors LLC of Turner estimated it would […]
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Police conducted unannounced search for Kimberly Moreau in Jay
JAY — Maine State Police continued their search for Kimberly Moreau last month. Maine Public Safety Spokesman told the Kennebec Journal and Waterville Sentinel that police searched a site in Jay last month. There were no more details available. Kimberly Moreau of Jay was 17 when she disappeared May 10, 1986, after going out with […]
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Wilton board sets special town meeting
WILTON — On Tuesday, the Board of Selectpersons planned a special town meeting for Oct. 20 to seek voter approval to apply for a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant and possible funding for the waste treatment plant construction project. The town has been approved to apply for the grant for work on a Kineowatha […]
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Jay opts to go with advisory vote on curbside pickup
JAY — After consultation with legal counsel, town officials have decided to move forward with an advisory vote to the select board on Nov. 3 that will offer voters two choices on curbside trash and recyclables collection: to privatize or to eliminate. “The reason I think we should do this is several people came away […]
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Jay appoints director to RSU 73 board
JAY — Selectpersons appointed Doug DiPasquale Monday to represent the town on the Regional School Unit 73 board of directors. DiPasquale will serve until the 2016 election, when he will have the option of running for a one-year position. DiPasquale was the only candidate to show interest in the position, said Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere, […]
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Former New Sharon woman sentenced in drug, theft cases
FARMINGTON — A former New Sharon woman was sentenced Friday to serve five months of a five-year prison sentence and to be on probation for three years in a methamphetamine manufacturing case. Tabatha Schoubroek, 30, of Steep Falls pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge of trafficking in methamphetamine and misdemeanor charges of endangering the welfare […]
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Jay voters face November ballot question on curbside collection
JAY — A referendum on the town’s trash and recyclable curbside pickup service will be on the Nov. 3 ballot, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said Tuesday. The article was being drafted Tuesday. A public hearing is expected at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23, at the Spruce Mountain High School library. About 40 people attended Monday’s […]
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Second window broken at Jay’s St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church
JAY — A caretaker of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church reported to police Tuesday that a first-floor office window was broken in the rectory connected to the church. A brick was thrown through a window, leaving a large hole, Jay police officer Stephanie Guillemette said. The vandalism occurred between 4 p.m. Monday and 7 […]
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Five rifles stolen from Jay home
JAY — Police are investigating the theft of five rifles on Monday from an East Jay Road residence. There was no sign of forced entry, detective Michael Mejia said. The burglary happened within hours of the homeowner leaving the home and before he returned, he said. The theft was reported at 3:25 p.m. Mejia assisted officer […]