JAY – RSU 73 directors approved several staff appointments Thursday that include a new elementary music teacher. The board made its decisions after a brief executive session. Directors approved Daniel Labonte as kindergarten through fifth grade general music teacher at the Jay Elementary School and also chorus at the Spruce Mountain Middle School in Jay. […]
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Two injured in Jay collision
JAY — Two people were injured Monday when two vehicles collided head-on on Route 4 near McDonald’s restaurant. Several passengers, including children, escaped injury in the 11:24 a.m. accident. Frances Wallace, 89, of Hartford was driving south on Main Street, also Route 4, and was turning left on to Commercial Way to go to McDonald’s, […]
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Jay man charged with hitting neighbor with truck
JAY – An ongoing neighbor dispute, not reported to police in the previous three weeks, escalated in to a physical altercation early Sunday with one neighbor hitting the other with a truck. Tony J. DeMillo, 38, of Davis Road in Jay was arrested Sunday on a charge of misdemeanor reckless conduct, Jay Detective Richard Caton […]
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Police receive safety grant for portable, road closure signs
JAY – The Police Department has received a safety enhancement grant through the Maine Municipal Association for two new, portable road closure signs. The grant will pay two-thirds, or $485.33, toward the folding signs that will fit in a police cruiser, Jay Detective Richard Caton IV said Monday. The Police Department is responsible for nearly […]
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Butterflies emerging WEST PARIS — A dozen active and hungry monarch butterfly caterpillars were given to the West Paris Library on July 23. They came with a lifetime supply of their food, milkweed leaves. By July 25, all but the very smallest caterpillar had entered its chrysalis stage. A monarch chrysalis looks like a pale […]
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Panel to be established to draft fireworks ordinance
JAY — Selectmen voted Monday to form a committee to establish a fireworks ordinance. Once the ordinance is drafted, it would go to selectmen and then to town voters for final approval. There were several complaints registered with police and town officials on fireworks, which are now legal under state law with conditions and exceptions. […]
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RSU 73 district following consolidation plan
JAY — RSU 73 Superintendent Robert Wall said Thursday that the district is doing everything the Reorganization Planning Committee set out for it to do in the consolidation plan in 2010. “I believe we have made significant progress on the goals set by the RPC,” he told the school board. The plan was approved in […]
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Correction: Jay meal cost $8
JAY — A story published on Page B2 of Friday’s Franklin edition should have said a pork, beef and turkey roast at 5 p.m. Saturday, July 28, at Where the Heck R We Campground in Jay will cost $8. The dance and band music following from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. is free. Incorrect information was […]
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Jay hypnotist’s appeal of sex crimes convictions fails at high court
The state’s high court has upheld a lower court conviction of a Jay man who sexually assaulted a girl he hypnotized. Aaron J. Patton, 39, was found guilty last year in Androscoggin County Superior Court in Auburn of four counts of gross sexual assault, two counts of sexual abuse of a minor and one count […]
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Jay modifies process for selling excess vehicles, equipment
JAY — Selectmen have agreed to put excess equipment and vehicles for sale in front of the Town Office instead of putting them out to bid in legal ads in the newspaper. “Sometimes we pay more for legal ads than what we get for the vehicle,” Town Manager Ruth Cushman said Monday. She also asked […]