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$1M grant will help Aroostook pallet maker expand to Houlton
4+ week, 1+ day ago (636+ words) BDN reporters help make The County a better place by holding officials accountable and shining a light. Your donation can help raise $60,000 this spring to support our reporting. Make a donation now. Nearly $2 million in federal and private matching funds…...
Jail, police and unorganized territories push final Aroostook budget up 11%
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (201+ words) The Aroostook County Commissioners and the county’s finance committee voted Tuesday to approve a budget for the next fiscal year that is nearly 11% higher than the current year. The general fund rose by roughly $1 million, the jail budget by almost…...
Connecticut man pleads not guilty to assaulting border officer in Maine
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (236+ words) A Connecticut man accused of assaulting a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer in Lubec pleaded not guilty. Devin Austin Bishop, 29, of Manchester, Connecticut, is charged with one count each of assaulting a federal officer, and failing to report his arrival…...
Ohio man arrested after allegedly walking into Canada from Maine and back
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (313+ words) An Ohio man is facing federal charges after he allegedly used a train trestle to walk from Maine into Canada, and return back again days later. Darrell Murphy, 42, of Carrollton, Ohio, is charged with a misdemeanor of failure to present…...
Canada's last hockey stick factory survives in face of tariff threats and globalization
9+ mon, 5+ day ago (1054+ words) Nearby, stacks of wooden wedges wait to be slotted into those grooves to form the beginnings of a hockey stick. Further down the Roustan Hockey production line, other workers are busy shaping, trimming, sanding, painting and screen printing as they…...
1 killed, 2 seriously hurt in Topsham head-on crash
9+ mon, 6+ day ago (153+ words) One person was killed and two others seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash Saturday night in Topsham. The crash on Route 196 near the Merrymeeting Bridge was reported at 10:38 p.m., according to Topsham police. When officers arrived, they immediately began life-saving efforts…...
Man drowned when he swam to retrieve his boat that drifted away on a Maine pond
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (130+ words) An Oakland man drowned on Wednesday afternoon when he swam after his boat as it drifted away on a Belgrade pond. Robert Gary, 66, launched his 12-foot motorized aluminum boat from the Spaulding Point boat launch on Ellis Pond, also known…...
Maine train engineer sues Canadian Pacific after he was nearly impaled in derailment
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (431+ words) A train engineer is suing Canadian Pacific Railway, saying the company should have known there was a high risk that tracks would be washed out before a train derailment in rural Maine nearly three years ago. Louis Meyers of Dover-Foxcroft…...