Native Plant Symposium Aug. 29 PARIS — The Garden Club Federation of Maine is sponsoring a Native Plant Symposium on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at the McLaughlin Garden. Lectures will cover plant identification, native plants in gardens, herbariums and preservation of natural areas. The all-day conference will include a tour of the McLaughlin Garden and an […]
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Jay Historical Society to meet JAY — Jay Historical Society will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 20, at Niles Library. Paul LeBlanc will talk about his hobby of flying pigeons and his and his son Paul’s winning experience in the 1984 Sixth New England Classic race from Ashtabula, Ohio. The public is welcome to attend […]
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Society seeks World War I information JAY — As the country marks the 100th anniversary of U.S. involvement in World War I, the Jay Historical Society wishes to honor all those who served. The society suspects that many local families in the area have knowledge of ancestors whose efforts, in the service or on the homefront, […]
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World War II veteran donates uniform, medals to Jay society
JAY — World War II veteran Elvin “Al” Winter donated his medals, including his Purple Heart, Bronze Star, his uniform and his dog tags Thursday to the Jay Historical Society. Winter, 93, formerly of Jay, said he operated a new and used car dealership in Jay for 42 years before retiring in the late 1990s. […]
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Jay Historical Society putting itself and history back together
JAY — The Jay Historical Society is still trying to put its historical documents and archives back together in the Florence Raymond Building. The end portion of the building that housed the Archive Room and office were destroyed when a car went nearly all the way through the end of the building on April 2. […]