JAY — A local man is accused of having 67 pounds of marijuana, eight marijuana plants and concentrated doses of THC at his North Jay residence, Detective Michael Mejia said Monday. He arrested John Sullivan, 34, Friday on a warrant issued by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency charging felony aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs and […]
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Wilton woman, grandson injured in Jay crash
JAY — A Wilton woman and her grandson were injured late Tuesday when the car they were riding in went off Route 4 and struck a large pine tree in North Jay, police Chief Richard Caton IV said. Jay firefighters had to extricate the driver, Evangeline Phillips, 57, from the vehicle, he said. Firefighters set […]
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Jay to assess $31,475 in special tax for cleanup
JAY — Selectpersons voted 3-1 Monday to apply a special tax of $31,475 to two Route 17 properties and to have it split based on valuation to cover the town’s cost to clean up the properties. The town spent $15,000 to have so-called junk removed from the property of the heirs of the estate of […]
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Young entrepreneur overseeing pellet business in Jay, Turner
JAY — James Barker was 14 when he showed up at his family’s business in North Jay and saw all kinds of white bags on the ground. He asked his father, Steve Barker, about them and was told, “We are going to start selling wood pellets.” “I had never heard of wood pellets,” James Barker, […]
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Myrtle L. ‘Nana’ Allen
1921 – 2015 NORTH JAY — Myrtle L. “Nana” Allen, 93, a resident of North Jay for 80 years, went to be with the love of her life, Charlie, on Tuesday, June 23, with her family at her bedside. Myrtle was born in Rangeley on Aug. 28, 1921, a daughter of John and Doris (Ross) […]
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Evelyn D. Durrell
1927 – 2015 FARMINGTON — Evelyn Donald Durrell, 87, of Jay, died suddenly late Tuesday evening, May 26, at Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington. She was born in North Jay on July 20, 1927, a daughter of John and Georgina (Stevenson) Donald Sr. After graduating from Jay High School in 1945, she worked for Wilton […]
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Ronald C. Wright
1959 – 2014 Ronald C. “Ronnie” Wright, 55, of North Jay, died Dec. 17, 2014. Ronnie was born July 3, 1959, a son of Aubrey and Joyce (Berry) Wright. Ronnie was a family man, known for his generous spirit and will surely be missed by all.
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Blasting to be done at quarry in North Jay
JAY — Polycor, a Canadian based company, will be doing some blasting from about noon through 2 p.m. Monday, April 20, at the quarry in North Jay. The company is developing the quarry and has proposed building a plant to manufacture curbing.
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Jay considers request for quarry development, granite curbing plant
JAY — A company proposing to develop a North Jay quarry and build a plant to make granite curbing has asked that a half-mile of Old Jay Hill Road not be posted to vehicle weight restrictions this spring. Polycor, based in Quebec, Canada, proposes to build a private road off Old Jay Hill Road and […]
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Wilton water budget approved; department looking at rate hike
WILTON — The Board of Selectpersons approved a proposed 2015 budget of $516,228 for the water department Tuesday. During the coming year, the department intends to apply for a rate change, Clayton Putnam, water/wastewater superintendent told the board. The amount has not been determined yet. The rate hike would take effect in January 2016, he […]