JAY — An apartment on Church Street was destroyed by fire Sunday morning. Firefighters from several area towns battled the stubborn blaze at 12 Church Street. The extensive damage to the structure displaced 13 residents. The fire was first reported sometime after 9 a.m. Sunday. Firefighters responded to reports of smoke. Images from the scene […]
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Police investigate burglaries at church, vehicle in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating a break-in at the First Baptist Church on Church Street and a motor vehicle burglary on Monroe Street between Sunday night and Monday morning. The church burglar pried open a window to the donation room and took eight four-packs of toilet paper and three bottles of laundry detergent, Lt. Joseph Sage […]
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Group to hold meeting on saving Livermore building
LIVERMORE — Friends of Livermore will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, at the Brettuns Community Building on Church Street in regard to the group trying to save the building. The meeting is open to anyone interested in helping to preserve the nearly 100-year-old building. Voters approved leasing the building for 99 […]
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Effort underway to preserve historic building in Livermore
LIVERMORE — Hundreds of children passed through the doors of the 1915, two-room elementary school located on Church Street until it closed in the 1960s. And some of the time since then, it has been used for town elections, wedding receptions, and meetings by various community groups. But now, the Brettuns Community Building is in […]
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Fire heavily damages bedroom in Jay house
JAY — A fire at a house at 14 Church St. early Saturday was caused by an unattended candle knocked from a shelf to a bed, Assistant Chief Mike Booker said Tuesday. The fire was reported just after 2:30 a.m. and contained to the bedroom in the two-story house, he said. Heavy fire damage occurred […]
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Jay amends ordinance to extend hours of one-way traffic
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to amend the town’s traffic ordinance to increase the hours and days that a section of Church Street will be one-way, Town Manager Ruth Cushman said Tuesday. The decision followed a public hearing on the change, which requires Church Street to become one-way from Horan to Main streets from 3:30 […]