JAY — The North Jay Water District issued a boil-water order Monday after a waterline break affecting customers on East Dixfield Road/Route 17 and Jerry Street. All customers on these streets who lost water need to boil it until further notice, according to district Superintendent Mike Wells. He said affected customers should boil water for […]
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Jay, Pollis family reach settlement on property cleanup
JAY — The town and contractors involved in cleaning up properties on Route 17 in North Jay in 2015 have reached a settlement with the owners, according to Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere. The town got a court order to clean up the properties in January 2015. The Pollis family sued the town and the contractors in […]
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Unity College student compares wallow locations to moose-car collisions on Route 17
RANGELEY — When Kameron Culbertson first drove out to the Rangeley Lake region in late July to start work on a pilot project with Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, he brimmed with confidence. The Morrill resident and member of Unity College Class of 2019 thought he had a good idea about what to expect from […]
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Woman dies when motorcycle strikes SUV in Union
UNION (AP) — Police in Maine say a 63-year-old woman has died in a motorcycle crash involving an SUV. Authorities say the crash occurred around 5 p.m. Sunday in Union. Police say Felicity Davidson, of Rockport, was riding a motorcycle driven by 64-year-old Ronald Moon of Waldoboro on state Route 17 when the motorcycle rear-ended […]
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Two dead in head-on crash on Route 17 in Union
UNION (AP) — Authorities in Maine say two women have died in a head-on crash. Police say 52-year-old Sherry Cloutier, of Augusta, was driving on state Route 17 in Union on Wednesday when she drifted into oncoming traffic and crashed into a car driven by 49-year-old Angela Knight-Boege of Warren. Both motorists were pronounced dead […]
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Jay, Franklin County receive intent to file notices regarding cleanup
JAY — The town and Franklin County have received notices of intent to file for claims under the Maine Tort Claims Act for $400,000 from an attorney representing Darren Pollis and Carol Dolbier, personal representatives of the heirs of the estate of Leroy Pollis. By a court order issued in January, Jay had two of the […]
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Jay to assess $31,475 in special tax for cleanup
JAY — Selectpersons voted 3-1 Monday to apply a special tax of $31,475 to two Route 17 properties and to have it split based on valuation to cover the town’s cost to clean up the properties. The town spent $15,000 to have so-called junk removed from the property of the heirs of the estate of […]
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Hampden woman arrested on OUI charge after SUV crashes through Byron trees
BYRON — A Hampden woman who drove her Audi A6 sport utility vehicle off Garland Pond Road and into the woods early Friday evening was booked three hours later into Oxford County Jail in Paris, police said. Brianna Torrey, 23, was arrested on charges of operating under the influence and violation of conditions of release, […]