JAY — A panel began work Tuesday night to create a new school system to better serve the students in Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls. The Transition Committee is tasked with putting together a detailed budget for a consolidated Jay and RSU 36 system and to operate it for the first year of RSU 73. […]
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16 to vie for 13 seats on new RSU 73 school board
JAY — Sixteen residents of Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls have filed nomination papers to be candidates for the new 13-member board for RSU 73. Both Livermore and Livermore Falls will have contested races. The board will oversee a new consolidated school system that will be made up of Jay and RSU 36 schools. Voting […]
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School merger panel to hold first meeting
JAY — The school consolidation Transition Committee will hold its first meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at the Jay Middle School library. The committee is charged with helping to move the consolidation effort forward until a new RSU 73 takes over. Residents in Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls voted in January to merge […]
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Jay board adopts new sewer billing policy
JAY — Selectmen on Monday approved a new policy to govern sewer billing, effective July 1. Under the plan, winter quarter water-use readings will be used to calculate sewer bills. Last January, the board set the minimum base sewer rate at $250 for 3,200 cubic feet of water used. Any amount of water used above […]
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Truck loaded with bottled water goes off road, closes section of Route 4
JAY — A tractor-trailer loaded with bottled water went off Route 4 on Jay Hill on Monday, halting traffic for more than seven hours. The driver, 35-year-old Rohan Porteous of Norcross, Ga., was not hurt. The 2011 Freightliner was heading up the south side of Jay Hill at about 11:48 a.m. during the snowstorm, when […]
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Three candidates vie for new 13-member RSU 73 board
JAY — As of midday Tuesday, only three candidates had submitted nomination papers for the new 13-member school board to oversee Regional School Unit 73. The deadline for filing is Friday, March 4. RSU 73, made up of Jay and the former RSU 36 towns of Livermore and Livermore Falls, goes into operation July 1. […]
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Students to develop, vote on ideas for school colors, mascot, school names
JAY — Principals from Jay and RSU 36 plan to hold assemblies Wednesday, March 2, for students in grades five through 12 to update them on consolidation efforts. Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls voters approved a plan on Jan. 25 to consolidate Jay and RSU 36 into RSU 73 as of July 1. School officials […]
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Town to buy 2011 pumper/tanker
JAY — Selectmen voted 4-1 Monday to buy a 2011 pumper/tanker truck for $230,000. After factoring in $20,000 for the trade-in value for two firetrucks, the net price is $210,000. Vice Chairman Warren Bryant opposed the motion, saying he would like to hear discussion on consolidation between Jay and Livermore Falls fire departments before making […]
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HS skiing: Rose, Jacques claim slalom titles
DALLAS PLANTATION — Alex Rose finally had “one of those days.” And he wasn’t about to let it happen again. One day after finishing fifth in the Class C state championship giant slalom race at Saddleback Mountain — the first time he’s finished out of the top spot in a state race in his high […]
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Western Class C Girls: Orr, Traip too much for Tigers
AUGUSTA — Jay’s defensive quandary Tuesday night was a case of either, Orr. That’s Sarah Orr, one of only two senior starters on the Traip Academy girls’ basketball team. The Tigers, like just about everyone else who encountered the Rangers all winter, orchestrated their entire defensive game plan intending to squelch the multiple talents of […]