The Select Board voted unanimously Friday to accept a settlement agreement with Pixelle Specialty Solutions for a tax abatement of $12.2 million in valuation and $250,100 in tax dollars.
Donna M. Perry
Staff Writer
Donna M. Perry is a general assignment reporter who has lived in Livermore Falls for 30 years and has worked for the Sun Journal for 20 years. Before that she was a correspondent for the Livermore Falls Advertiser for five years. She covers Franklin County courts, police and spot news. She also covers police and spot news in northern Androscoggin County and town governments of Jay and Livermore Falls. In her spare time, she spends time with her family, including three grandchildren, and relaxes by reading books.
Jay will not be reimbursed for reduced state revenue-sharing funds related to mill explosion
A bill approved by the Senate and House died for lack of funding in the Appropriations Committee.
Wilton woman accused of making false statements to buy gun from a Turner gun shop
Nichole Bachelder, 39, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday on a charge of false statements during the purchase of firearms.
Franklin County commissioners accept bids for cruisers, maintenance of fleet
Commissioners also agreed to invest TIF funds into higher interest yielding CD.
Part of Route 17 closed due to heavy rain
Maine Department of Transportation has a crew working to make repairs with hopes of reopening Wednesday afternoon.
Wilton boy critically injured after going out third-floor window
The 3-year-old boy was taken by ambulance to a Farmington hospital and then flown to a Portland hospital by a LifeFlight medical helicopter.
Maine assistant attorney general arrested on OUI charge in Wilton
Police responded to a report of a possible intoxicated driver on Saturday night traveling south on Weld Road towards Wilton.
Dallas Plantation fire possibly caused by lightning strike
Fire destroyed a one-story home with a loft Saturday morning on Orris Lamb Road in Dallas Plantation.
Fixing Jay roads, sewer lines estimated to cost nearly $7.9 million, town says
The cost to fix the state Bureau of Parks and Lands’ Whistle Stop Trail in Jay is now estimated at $860,000.
Jay continues repairs to damaged roads, collect information for federal disaster declaration
The town and other entities locked in a price of $3.23 per gallon of diesel fuel for 2023-24.