JAY — Selectpersons approved a request from resident Rob Taylor on Monday to use a part of the town’s recreation land to plant about 160 hybrid chestnut tree seedlings as part of a Chestnut Tree Project. Taylor is a member of the Recreation Committee and a teacher in Regional School Unit 73 in Jay. He […]
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Jay makes municipal property tobacco-free
JAY — Selectpersons upgraded the town’s personnel policy recently to make municipal buildings and grounds tobacco-free areas. There was already a prohibition on smoking on the properties. Both the town’s fire stations had also already been smoke/tobacco free facilities and grounds, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said. The board added the Fire Rescue Department to the […]
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Jay board to discuss possibility of leasing French Falls Recreation Area
JAY — Selectpersons will hear a presentation Monday night on entering a lifetime lease with the Androscoggin Land Trust for property in the French Falls Recreation Area. The trust acquired nearly 1,250 acres of forested land along the Androscoggin River in Canton and Jay in 2014 to permanently conserve it for public use. The French […]
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Farmington planners to review recreation area proposal
FARMINGTON — A proposed family recreation area for fishing and play comes before the Planning Board at 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, at the Municipal Building. Earlier this year, Board Chairman Clayton King brought his idea to create a farm pond at 294 Titcomb Hill Road before the board. He planned to return for site […]