FAYETTE — Residents voted 206-80 on Tuesday to have the School Committee prepare a plan of withdrawal from the school system that includes Winthrop. Once developed, the withdrawal plan would be considered by the Alternative Organizational Structure 97 school board, the Maine commissioner of education and Fayette residents. If approved, it would allow withdrawal by […]
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Voters to consider referendum to create plan to withdraw from AOS 97
FAYETTE — Voters will face a referendum Tuesday, Nov. 5, asking if they want the School Committee to develop a plan to withdraw from the alternative school district, which includes Winthrop. Voting will take place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Starling Hall on Route 17. Fayette and Winthrop residents voted in 2010 to […]
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Conservation payments resume WASHINGTON, D.C. — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA has begun distributing Conservation Reserve Program annual rental payments to participants across the country. USDA also will distribute 2013 direct payments and 2012 Average Crop Revenue Election program payments beginning Oct. 24. Payments originally were scheduled to be issued earlier in the […]
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Hearing slated to discuss referendum question on school
FAYETTE — A public hearing will be held Monday, Oct. 21, to discuss a referendum on whether townspeople want the School Committee to develop a plan to withdraw from the school unit known as AOS 97. Fayette and Winthrop voters in 2010 agreed to restructure school administration into an alternate organizational structure. The public hearing […]
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JHS Class of 1955 to meet Sept. 27 JAY — The Jay High School Class of 1955 will meet at noon Friday, Sept. 27, at LaFleur’s Restaurant. Classmates are asked to dress casually. For more information contact Joyce Couture at 897-8383. Al Corey Big Band to play Sept. 28 FARMINGTON — On Saturday, Sept. 28, […]
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Deputies investigating burglaries in Fayette
FAYETTE — Kennebec County sheriff’s deputies are investigating burglaries at a house and shed on the Sandy River Road where tools, copper piping and ice fishing equipment were among items stolen. Reports of the two burglaries on different properties were reported on Sept. 12, Capt. Dan Davies said Wednesday. A deputy responded to an open […]
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Fire destroys Echo Lake Lodge in Fayette
FAYETTE — A fire that destroyed the main lodge at Echo Lake Lodge and Cottages on Tuesday is believed to have started in the attic or on the second floor, Readfield fire Chief Lee Mank said Tuesday night. No one was in the building at the time of the fire. “It is a total loss,” […]
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Fayette man sentenced to six years in federal prison
LEWISTON — Patrick Gaffney-Kessell, 29, of Fayette has been sentenced to serve 6¼ years in federal prison for traveling out of state with the intent to have sex with a teenage girl. According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Gaffney-Kessell was also sentenced to five years of federal supervision following his […]
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Military notes
Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Seath D. Ryan graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn […]
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Residential vandalism, torching of truck investigated
MOUNT VERNON — State fire investigators and police are investigating an arson and several acts of vandalism that occurred between 3 and 4:30 a.m. on Wednesday on Point Drive in Mt. Vernon. The road, located off Route 17, also goes through Fayette and is adjacent to Echo Lake. Fire Marshal’s Office investigator Ken MacMaster and […]