CANTON — Residents can expect to see representatives from a tax assessment company asking to inspect their buildings beginning this month, according to a notice from the town. John O’Donnell and Associates will perform the inspections. The purpose is so the town can fairly tax property owners, Selectman Russell Adams said Friday. The most recent […]
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Canton board OKs money to fix turnarounds
CANTON — Selectmen voted Thursday night to spend up to $2,500 to build up road turnarounds used by town vehicles and school buses. Selectman Rob Walker said Staples Hill Road and Farrand Hill Road turnarounds need gravel. “The one on Farrand Hill would probably take eight loads,” Selectman Don Hutchins said. The money will come […]
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Town plow truck, car collide in Jay
JAY — A town plow truck and a car collided at Oak and Main streets on Wednesday morning, police said. No one was injured. Shari Ouellette, 45, of Jay was driving on Oak Street toward Main Street, also known as Route 4, and Public Works Department employee Terry Greenleaf, 51, of Jay was turning right […]
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Twin sisters injured in Jay crash
JAY — Twin sisters were injured Tuesday after the car they were riding in on Route 133 slid on ice and slush, struck several trees and landed on its side, Police Sgt. Russell Adams said. Dorothy Nelson of the Livermore Falls area and Danielle Nelson of the Mexico-Rumford area, both 29, complained of pain and […]
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Jay recycling building burglarized; money missing
JAY — Police are investigating a break-in at the recycling building at the Transfer Station on Route 4 that occurred late Wednesday or early Thursday. A steel door was pried open and broken to get inside, Sgt. Russell Adams said. A small amount of cash was taken, he said. Town employees discovered the missing money […]
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Jay woman, child taken to hospital after crash
JAY — A local woman and her daughter were taken to the hospital Tuesday after the truck they were riding in went off Crash Road and hit a rock embankment, Sgt. Russell Adams said. Kayla Emerson, 21, of North Jay, was heading south toward Livermore when her daughter, Lorraine, 2, called to her mother and […]
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Jay teen escapes injury when car hits trees
JAY — A 17-year-old girl escaped injury Tuesday morning when the car she was driving went off Hyde Road, struck trees and landed on its side, police Sgt. Russell Adams said. Morgan Purington of Jay was on her way to Spruce Mountain High School when the accident occurred at about 7:28 a.m., Adams said. She […]
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Canton board gets road reports, remembers ‘Dad’ Vashaw
CANTON — Selectmen decided Tuesday night to schedule a meeting with Hartford selectmen in Hartford to resolve a road-plowing matter. They also got an update on the final cost of the Staples Hill Road project and shared memories and a moment of silence for longtime Canton resident Norman Vashaw, 88, who passed away May 10 […]
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Canton selectmen appoint Board of Appeals
CANTON — Thanks to selectmen and enough residents who submitted applications, Canton now has a Board of Appeals. There are two projects denied by the Planning Board that are waiting for an appeals hearing. Board of Selectmen Chairman Donny Hutchins said Torey Olaf Johnson, Dave Bowen, Jackie Kilbreth, Kristi White and Jason Vaughan offered to […]
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Canton board OKs variances to setbacks for $350,000 building project
CANTON — Selectmen wasted little time Tuesday evening in granting variances to setbacks for a proposed $350,000 downtown revitalization project by local businessman and Selectman Malcolm Ray, who was absent. Ray wants to construct three buildings on nonconforming lots between Whitney Brook and Main Street (Route 140) in a general development area that has a […]