JAY — Curbside trash and recyclables collection for this Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, will be moved to Friday. If your trash is normally picked up Thursday, you should put out trash and recyclables for Friday pickup. The Wednesday route will remain the same. Thursday collections will resume next week.
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Curbside pickup to begin in September in Jay
JAY — Curbside trash and recyclable pickup will resume Sept. 6 and Sept. 7, after a 159-117 vote Monday to raise $120,000 to restore the service. The money for the contracted service was not included in the Transfer Station budget approved by voters in April in an effort by town officials to cut expenses. The […]
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Jay voters to consider money for curbside pickup
JAY — Selectpersons will hold a special town meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14, in the Spruce Mountain Middle School cafeteria to ask voters to restore curbside trash and recyclables collection. The warrant asks voters to consider raising and appropriating $120,000 for the townwide service. Selectpersons received a citizen petition in June with 373 signatures of […]
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Jay accepts petition to hold town meeting on curbside pickup
JAY — Selectpersons voted 3-2 Monday to accept a petition signed by 373 voters and to hold a special town meeting to raise and appropriate $120,000 to restore curbside trash and recyclables collection. Selectpersons tabled a decision on the petition June 26 while they sought legal advice. Voting to approve the petition were Selectpersons Chairman […]
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Jay tables action on trash pickup to get legal advice
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to table action on a citizens’ petition to put before voters a question to raise and appropriate $120,000 for trash and recyclables curbside pickup. Selectperson Judy Diaz said she had questions she needed answered and wanted them to be discussed with legal counsel before the board voted on the petition. […]
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Lewiston and Auburn not picking up Christmas trees
If you’re looking to get rid of your Christmas tree, don’t leave it by the curb in Lewiston or Auburn. Public Works officials from both cities are reminding residents this week that Christmas trees will not be picked up during weekly trash collections. Rob Stalford, superintendent of Lewiston’s Solid Waste Division, said Wednesday that the […]
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No trash pickup Thursday
AUBURN — Curbside residential trash and recycling will not be collected on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26. Trash and recycling can be dropped off at Mid-Maine Waste Action Corp. at 110 Goldwaite Road from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 27, and from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 28. Trash and […]
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Jay voters favor privatizing trash pickup over elimination
JAY — Residents voted Tuesday in favor of having the town contract with an outside company to provide curbside trash and recyclables pickup. The town currently provides the service. The vote was 457-322, Town Clerk Ronda Palmer said. The vote is considered an advisory vote to selectpersons as they look for ways to cut expenses […]
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No trash, recyclables pickup in Jay on Labor Day
JAY — There will be no pickup of trash or recyclables on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1. People need to either hold on to their trash and recyclables for the next week’s pickup or take them to the town’s transfer station, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said.
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Head-on collision on Route 202 claims life of Winthrop man
WINTHROP — A 71-year old local man was killed Thursday morning in a head-on collision that shut down Route 202, according to police. Richard Leighton, 71, was heading west in his GMC pickup around 7:30 a.m. when an eastbound SUV driven by Bobbie Reeves, 39, of Winthrop, apparently crossed the center line, Winthrop police Chief […]