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🌱 What Jay’s referendum vote really means for your local police

Jay, Maine Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good day Jay! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Jay’s referendum vote really means for your local police
  • Why Jay’s $550 million mill-to-data-center plan is suddenly on hold
  • Wilton’s vote adds another hurdle to any Wilton‑Jay police merger

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Cloudy, a t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 84 and low of 64 degrees.
  • Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 85, low: 58.
  • Sunday: Cloudy, a stray t-storm; warm, with a high of 85 and low of 61 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Jay, Wilton voters reject police merger in nonbinding referendums (themainemonitor.org) — Jay voters decisively chose to keep their own Police Department in a nonbinding referendum, rejecting merger options with Wilton or the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office. With 62% favoring the status quo, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere plans to bring the results to the Select Board on June 22 as officials decide how to proceed on policing and costs.
   

• Plan for data center in Jay suffers setback (sunjournal.com) — Plans to turn Jay’s former Androscoggin paper mill into a $550 million data center are on hold after partner Sentinel Data Centers backed away from the project. Redeveloper JGT2 is now seeking other interested parties, leaving the future of potential jobs, tax revenue, and the long-cleaned mill site uncertain for residents.
   

• Wilton voters shake up board, favor status quo on police (sunjournal.com) — While this story centers on Wilton’s elections, it also notes that Wilton voters, like Jay’s, favored keeping a separate police department rather than deeper collaboration. That stance, alongside a related Jay vote, signals that any Wilton‑Jay police merger is unlikely soon, even as the RSU 9 school budget and board seats were decided across the region.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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Dixfield

  • Wainwright wins Republican nomination for Oxford County sheriff (sunjournal.com)
  • Voters approve $15.9M budget for Dixfield-based schools (sunjournal.com)
  • Dixfield voters approve slight increase in FY27 budget (sunjournal.com)

Ok Jay! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Jay

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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.