JAY — Town officials have sent a letter to Gov. Paul LePage requesting an opportunity to discuss a state building and energy code that will affect residents and businesses in town. Jay voters soundly rejected adoption of an administrative ordinance to oversee the state’s Uniform Building and Energy Code on June 12. The law requires […]
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Selectmen approve excavator purchase
JAY — Selectmen recently voted to approve the purchase of a new excavator for the s Public Works Department. Selectmen on June 18 approved the purchase of a 2012 JCB excavator for $99,140.80, including trade-in, Town Manager Ruth Cushman said Monday. The money was included in the department’s capital improvement budget. The excavator being traded […]
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School offices moved FARMINGTON – Due to the ongoing construction at Mt. Blue High School, the main and guidance offices will be at Mt. Blue Middle School, 269 Middle St., through July and the first two weeks of August. Office hours will be 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to […]
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Fundraiser planned for wounded soldier
JAY-LIVERMORE FALLS — A fundraising effort is under way to raise money to help the family of wounded soldier Sgt. Helaina Lake travel to Maryland to be by her side. Lake, formerly of Livermore Falls, was seriously injured last week in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan. The 23-year-old was moved to Walter Reed National […]
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RSU 73 board votes to keep both high schools open
JAY — RSU 73 directors voted 7-4 Thursday to keep both high schools open for the 2012-13 school year and to propose a modified addition project to be voted on in November. The vote was opposed by Directors Darcie Comstock, Dan DiPompo, Mike Morrell and Vicki McLeod, all of Jay. It was the second vote […]
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Buying local foods, online DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Monday, June 25, at 8 a.m. the Western Mountains Alliance will offer a comprehensive workshop on online farmers markets and local foods buying clubs. The workshop will be held at Penquis Higher Education Center, 50 Mayo St., Room 110. The workshop will introduce the concept of online farmers […]
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Jay man pleads guilty to drug charge
FARMINGTON — A Jay man accused of holding a woman at gunpoint over fake cocaine pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempted trafficking in illegal drugs. Dahlon Campbell, 22, was indicted earlier this year on charges of kidnapping, criminal threatening and attempted trafficking in schedule drugs. The case was scheduled to go to a jury trial on […]
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Proposed RSU 73 budget of $18.73 million goes to school board
LIVERMORE FALLS — RSU 73 administrators proposed an additional $79,938 in cuts Wednesday to bring the proposed budget to $18.73 million. The board will consider the new spending package at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 28, at the Cedar Street Boardroom in Livermore Falls. Voters in all three towns rejected an $18.8 million budget by a […]
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RSU 73 directors to consider proposed budget reductions
JAY — RSU 73 directors will consider proposed reductions to the $18.8 million budget voters in all three towns rejected June 12. Directors set up a budget workshop at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, at the cafeteria of the Spruce Mountain Middle School in Jay, Superintendent Robert Wall said Monday. “We have identified some areas […]
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Police: 4 motorcyclists die in crashes across N.H.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — State police say four motorcyclists were killed in collisions with other vehicles on Friday, a grim beginning to the final weekend of the 89th annual Laconia Motorcycle Week. The cyclists were killed in a series of accidents spanning four hours in Nashua, Nelson, Laconia and Dummer. In Dummer, a car driven […]