JAY – Androscoggin Bank recently announced it has secured a $50,000 grant to assist businesses in Jay and surrounding communities who have lost income related to COVID-19. These grants come on the one year anniversary of the explosion of the pulp digester at the Jay mill on April 15, 2020. The bank secured the grant from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston through its Jobs for New England Recovery Grant program. The program provides grants to small businesses impacted by COVID-19. In this case, the grant recipients experienced economic disruptions from both COVID-19 and the mill explosion. The destruction…