JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to have title searches done on two tax-acquired properties and, if they come back clean, to put the properties out to bid. The board put a minimum bid of $15,000 on a house and 0.18 of an acre at 425 Old Jay Hill Road. The town values the property at […]
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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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Jay, Chesterville men charged in connection to Jay fight
JAY — Police said two men face charges stemming from a fight Sunday night on Old Jay Hill Road. When officer Nicholas Gulliver arrived, he saw someone running across the road, acting police Chief Richard Caton IV said Tuesday. Gulliver chased the man on foot for a short distance and caught up to Dillian Burnham, […]
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Lightning strike starts fire at chicken coop
JAY — A lightning strike caused a fire at a chicken barn Monday night at 296 Old Jay Hill Road, Mike Booker, Jay Fire-Rescue assistant chief, said Tuesday. “You can see where it hit the back of the building” and caught the back of the shed-type coop on fire, he said of the lightning. All […]