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🌱 Why nearly one in five Spruce Mountain students is missing too much school

Greetings Jay! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Why nearly one in five Spruce Mountain students is missing too much school
  • Will Augusta’s new data center moratorium stall Jay’s mill redevelopment?
  • How a sweeping State House session could shape Jay’s data center hopes

Also on today's calendar: Barn Quilt Painting Class — Canton Maine Historical Society and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A thunderstorm in spots, with a high of 68 and low of 44 degrees.
  • Saturday: Cloudy and cooler, temps: high: 58, low: 39.
  • Sunday: Cooler with periods of rain, with a high of 48 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Spruce Mountain school battling chronic absenteeism (wgme.com) — Families in Jay are being urged to take school attendance more seriously as Spruce Mountain Primary School continues to struggle with chronic absenteeism. Nearly one in five students is chronically absent, and the principal says inconsistent home routines and broader family challenges, rather than transportation or appointments, are driving the problem despite various school incentives.
   

• ‘It'll be a concern': Gov. Mills reacts to Legislature passing of data centers bill without Jay exemption (wabi.tv) — A proposed statewide moratorium on new data centers has passed the Legislature without the Jay paper mill exemption Gov. Janet Mills had sought, putting the Jay redevelopment project in question. Mills says she’s still reviewing the bill but admits the lack of a Jay carveout is a concern, even as she highlights the potential jobs, tax revenue, and reuse of existing industrial infrastructure there.
   

• The bills that Maine lawmakers passed — and didn't pass — this year (sunjournal.com) — Maine lawmakers wrapped up a busy session that produced new rules on immigration enforcement, AI in political ads, school funding, housing, and transportation safety, while leaving some big issues unresolved. One closely watched bill would temporarily ban new data centers statewide, and Gov. Mills has flagged its lack of a carveout for a proposed project in Jay as a concern.
   

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💬 Chatter

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  • McDonald's posted a job opening for $15.50 an Hour Opening Team Member 5:00am - 2:00pm in Jay. Apply here.
  • J.D. Irving posted a job opening for Industrial Electrician in Dixfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Jay here.

🗞 Nearby News

Wilton

  • Wears & Wares offers writing workshop (dailybulldog.com)
  • MaineHealth Franklin Hospital to double emergency room capacity (sunjournal.com)
  • Community members buying in to new Farmington food co-op (wmtw.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Jay

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Jay

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.