LEWISTON/JAY — The Maine Savvy Caregiver Program is a free six-week educational program for individuals caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia in the home setting. The program will be held in Lewiston and Jay and will run for two hours a week for six consecutive weeks. Classes will be held Wednesdays, starting […]
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12 seniors receive Franklin Bank scholarships
RUMFORD — Franklin Savings Bank’s Community Development Foundation has awarded $33,000 college scholarships to 12 local students. The scholarships are $3,000 each. The bank generally awards 11 scholarships per year, although one school, Mt. Abram, presented two scholarships this year due to a change in plans for one of its 2011 recipients and unspent funds […]
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School grant improves teaching strategies, student aspirations
JAY — RSU 73 is in its last year of a $1.2 million school improvement grant that was initially awarded to RSU 36’s Livermore Falls High School in 2010. The school received the money after it was named one of 10 “persistently low achieving” schools in reading and math and applied to improve education for […]
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VFW announces scholarship contest deadlines
JAY — Commander Wallace Tripp and Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen chairman Palmer Hebert of the Frank L. Mitchell Post 3335 and Lynn Dunton, co-chairwoman of the Auxiliary, have announced the kick-off of this year’s scholarship contests. Voice of Democracy is a patriotic three- to five-minute audio/essay on a tape or CD. Participants must […]
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Bug Camp, club meeting FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue Area Garden Club members will have the opportunity to visit Ann Mallett’s Bug Camp at 113 Greenwood Ave. at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21. Every year MBAGC sponsors a scholarship to Bug Camp for a deserving young student. As well as a tour of the camp surroundings […]
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Thelma Gross Smith
FARMINGTON — Thelma Gross Smith, 89, a former resident of Jay, died Tuesday, Aug. 14, at Orchard Park Nursing Home. She was born Dec. 13, 1922, in Livermore Falls, the daughter of Horace H. Gross and Rosella L. (Bergeron) Gross. Thelma was a 1940 graduate of Jay High School. On April 4, 1941, she married […]
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Panel to discuss fireworks ordinance
JAY – The town Ordinance Review Committee will meet Thursday to discuss drafting a fireworks ordinance. The meeting is at 6 p.m. at the Town Office and is open to the public.
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RSU 73 student handbooks OK’d; directors question differences
JAY — RSU 73 directors voted 11-1 Thursday to approve student handbooks, with Director Dan DiPompo of Jay opposed. Directors questioned why the rules were not the same at the Jay and Livermore Falls high schools. Principals said they need one more year to bring handbooks completely in line for the Spruce Mountain High School […]
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N. Bourgoin: Shameful excuse for a president
President Barack Obama’s past, including questions about his citizenship, scholastic records and affiliations with the Chicago crowd, the Rev. Wright, Bill Ayers, his shameful senatorial record and Marxist agenda have all been given too much of a pass in the media. Inspired by his socialistic tutoring, and reinforced by his relationships, he now wants to […]
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Logging contractor to pay $5,000 fine for violation
AUGUSTA – A Jay logging contractor has entered into an agreement with the Maine Forest Service that resolves a violation of the state’s forest practices law on land in Freeman Township in northern Franklin County. The Maine State Forest Service of the Maine Department of Conservation announced the agreement on Monday in a press release. […]