PRESQUE ISLE (AP) — A key senate committee is signing off on funding for a new National Guard center in northern Maine. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved $17.5 million for the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Presque Isle. Collins says the money would be used to construct a […]
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Yosaku owner, Aroostook farmers boost buckwheat
PORTLAND — Tak Sato wants Japanese buckwheat to take the country by storm, with the whirlwind starting on an Aroostook County farm. “American people need this food; it is very good for the body,” Sato said June 7 at his Yosaku restaurant on Danforth Street. Classified as a fruit seed, the flour from gluten-free buckwheat is the […]
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Emera blames beaver for knocking out power to thousands
BANGOR — A beaver is being blamed for knocking out power to thousands of electric customers in eastern Maine. Utility Emera Maine says about 3,000 homes and businesses in Aroostook County were without electricity on Monday night when a beaver felled a tree that took down a transmission line. Spokesman Bob Potts says to make […]
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Aroostook emergency agency warns people to avoid ice floes, flood areas
CARIBOU — Do not let children play in the ice floes and don’t drive around barricades set up for safety, Jesse Belanger, deputy director of Aroostook Emergency Management Agency, stressed Sunday. “In a couple of our small communities we have some individuals thinking it was a good idea to play in and around the ice […]
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Northern counties see most income growth
PORTLAND — Federal data shows two of Maine’s northernmost counties posted the fastest personal income growth in the state in 2013. The Portland Press Herald reports that Aroostook County’s personal income grew by 4.4 percent while neighboring Piscataquis County saw a rise of 4.2 percent. Piscataquis has been Maine’s poorest county for several years. The […]
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‘Got hay?’: Aroostook County family not horsing around when it comes to forage production
EASTON — The logo on Richard James’ company shirt reads, “Got Hay?” As the owner of Lucerne Farms, James not only has hay, he has timothy and alfalfa, and the combination has become a holy triumvirate of specialty equine forage for horse owners around the country. “Hay and clean water are the cornerstones of a […]
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Two ejected from vehicle in Aroostook collision
MONTICELLO — Three people were injured in a collision Sunday evening on Route 1, according to a news release from the Maine State Police. Police say Josiah Nash, 27, of Blaine, was traveling south on Route 1 in a 1965 Volkswagon dune buggy about 6:30 p.m. when he was struck by Barbara Watson, 71, of […]
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More than 2,900 Mainers still without power
MACHIAS — Emera Maine was busy Monday trying to restore power to a few thousand customers Down East, but the progress was slow because damage from tropical storm Arthur over the holiday weekend was more extensive than first thought. As the day drew to a close, Monday’s efforts restored power to about 650 customers, leaving […]
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Aroostook County one of only two in New England where gun stores outnumber museums, libraries
FORT KENT — It’s not often licensed gun dealers and museums are referenced in the same sentence, much less the same news story. Earlier this week a reporter at The Washington Post did just that when he ran a nationwide, county-by-county statistical comparison on the numbers of federally licensed firearms dealers in relation to the […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Go north, my friend
Two years ago, we kicked off the new year by heading south in our first virtual road trip, enjoying the sea breeze, balmy weather and a tiger or two down in York. None of that soft living this year. In a display of 2014 hardiness and sheer shopping will, Bag Lady is going north. Like, […]