Proving their mettle Losing football games can become a bad habit or part of a vicious cycle, but that doesn’t mean players or coaches ever accept it. Poland Regional High School coach Mark Soehren sensed that his team was headed in the right direction when he saw players well up with emotion after every loss […]
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High school football: Jay runs over Old Orchard
JAY – It didn’t take long for the Jay Tigers to let Old Orchard know what they planned on doing with the ball. Jay took the opening kickoff and marched down the field for an opening score just 2:11 into the game and never looked back. Jay ran out to a 19-0 lead after one […]
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Transportation change made to allow students to take courses
JAY — School Committee members voted Thursday to allow students to continue to drive themselves and passengers to class, if no Jay school bus is going to a Farmington vocational school. Students need parental or guardian permission to do so. It is a temporary solution until a new policy is approved to allow students who […]
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Property up for transfer to new school system outlined
JAY — The community building, school buildings, athletic fields, tennis courts and bus garage are proposed to change ownership if voters approve a plan to consolidate schools with Livermore and Livermore Falls. The Jay School Department is part of a municipality, and the property designated for school use is currently owned by the town. Jay […]
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Officials to develop scenarios on school merger cost-savings
JAY — Regional planning committee members on Tuesday requested school superintendents to develop different scenarios of cost savings if Jay School System and Regional School Unit 36 merge. If they do merge, taxpayers in Jay, Livermore and Livermore Falls would avoid $364,000 in penalties being deducted from state educational subsidy during the first year. Superintendents […]
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Route 4 project delayed again
LIVERMORE FALLS — A state road project to reconstruct 1.1 miles of Route 4 is expected to begin next year. It has been delayed for years due to funding and the complexity of the right of way, a state project manager said. The project was expected to begin this year, but it was delayed after […]
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Panel gives new school system temporary name
JAY — Members of the regional school planning committee voted Tuesday to use Spruce Mountain Regional School System as a temporary name for planning purposes. The decision came after 40 minutes of debate about how to establish a name that could stay or be changed by a new board of directors that would oversee a […]
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Field hockey notes: Tigers’ hopes high
With just two games to play, the Jay Tigers appear to have sewn up a playoff spot. But it’s close. “It would help to win another, for sure,” Jay coach Jane DiPompo said. “Both games we have left are huge.” This, of course, after a 4-1 victory on the road at Lisbon that catapulted the […]
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High school football: Jay survives wild start, routs Madison
MADISON – Once Jay got the first minute out of the way, Saturday night’s visit to Madison wasn’t so bad. Madison scored long touchdowns on its first two plays from scrimmage. For their part, though, the Tigers tucked an 83-yard kick return by Bill Calden into the middle. And after the Bulldogs got that second […]