Laid-off workers from Jay mill can go to college for free
177 ex-employees are eligible for retraining at two area community colleges.
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A massive explosion at the Androscoggin Mill in April 2020 left the paper mill unable to produce pulp, which it requires to make paper.
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Workers who lost their jobs after the explosion at the paper mill in Jay last spring can enroll for free at two nearby community colleges to help them find new jobs.
Pixelle Specialty Solutions, the mill owner, and the Maine Community College System announced Friday that 177 displaced workers have until next July to access the free classes.
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A massive explosion at the Androscoggin Mill in April 2020 left the paper mill unable to produce pulp, which it requires to make paper.
Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Workers who lost their jobs after the explosion at the paper mill in Jay last spring can enroll for free at two nearby community colleges to help them find new jobs.
Pixelle Specialty Solutions, the mill owner, and the Maine Community College System announced Friday that 177 displaced workers have until next July to access the free classes.
The chief workforce development officer for the community college system, Dan Belyea, said in a prepared statement that Pixelle’s $1 million education fund presents an amazing opportunity.
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A massive explosion at the Androscoggin Mill in April 2020 left the paper mill unable to produce pulp, which it requires to make paper.
Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Workers who lost their jobs after the explosion at the paper mill in Jay last spring can enroll for free at two nearby community colleges to help them find new jobs.
Pixelle Specialty Solutions, the mill owner, and the Maine Community College System announced Friday that 177 displaced workers have until next July to access the free classes.
The chief workforce development officer for the community college system, Dan Belyea, said in a prepared statement that Pixelle’s $1 million education fund presents an amazing opportunity.
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JAY Selectpersons voted Monday to fill a vacancy on the five-member board during the annual town meeting in April 2021.
Judy Diaz, former Jay selectperson.
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Town officials were informed in October that Selectperson Judy Diaz planned to resign in November. The Maine Central Voter Registration notified the town recently that Diaz has registered to vote in another town, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said.
Diaz never officially contacted the town to advise them she had moved. She had one year left on her second term.
Voters will elect her replacement April 27, 2021, to serve until April 2022.
Residents will also elect two other selectmen in April. The terms of Terry Bergeron and Tom Goding expire in 2021. Each is for three years.