CARIBOU — Work is nearing completion on a multimillion-dollar transportation project aimed at easing the flow of truck traffic through central Aroostook County. The 3.8-mile-long, $20 million Caribou Connector was recommended as part of a larger Aroostook County Transportation Study. The study’s primary goal was to identify transportation improvements that would help lead to future […]
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Deadline set for disabled veterans moose hunt lottery
Disabled veterans have until Monday, June 4, to apply to Maine Veterans’ Services for a chance to hunt moose in Aroostook County. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has allocated 15 “any-moose” permits for disabled veterans to participate in the controlled moose hunt via the 2012 Disabled Veterans Moose Hunt Lottery, Peter W. […]
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Mass. man to face judge in 2 family killings
LYNN, Mass. (AP) — A Lynn man is scheduled to face a judge on murder charges in the slayings of his mother and grandmother, whose bodies were found Tuesday near a Saugus elementary school. Authorities say 23-year-old Joseph Wright is being arraigned Thursday in Lynn District Court. He arrived in Massachusetts early Thursday from Maine, […]
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Storm washes away Maine potato farms’ topsoil
PORTLAND (AP) — U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe say the U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a $400,000 emergency grant to 50 Maine potato farmers. The farmers suffered crop damage during recent storms that in some cases completely washed away topsoil, dramatically reducing yields. The grants come from the USDA’s Farm Services Agency. […]