HOULTON, Maine — The dust is thick and the jackhammers can make for quite the cacophony, but the renovation project at the Aroostook County Superior Court building is slightly ahead of schedule, county commissioners said Wednesday.
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HOULTON, Maine — This holiday season, the Greater Houlton Chamber of Commerce wants shoppers to walk into local stores and look as excited as children on Christmas morning.
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FORT KENT, Maine — It commonly begins, Dr. Michael Nissenbaum says, with lots of headaches. Then comes a chronic feeling of annoyance and irritability. As it progresses, nausea, vertigo and lapses in concentration become common.
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PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE — The winds of change are blowing across the campus of the University of Maine at Presque Isle, and drafts from that transformation could be felt at other campuses across the state and nation, UMPI President Don Zillman said Wednesday.
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PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — University of Maine at Presque Isle officials announced Wednesday that the campus expects to begin generating clean energy in late spring 2009 after reaching an agreement with …
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HOULTON, Maine — The Houlton Police Department is on the lookout for whoever helped Houlton become greener Tuesday morning — but not environmentally.
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HOULTON, Maine — A proposal that, if passed, would have the Penobscot Regional Communications Center or another such entity answer E-911 calls originating from The County is still being considered by county officials, Aroostook County Administrator Doug Beaulieu said Tuesday.
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It has been two years since Mars Hill started receiving 20 years of $500,000 in annual payments from a tax increment financing deal connected to First Wind of Massachusetts’ 28-turbine wind farm, …
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HOULTON, Maine — Although most town roads are paved with asphalt, the town still has a few dirt or gravel roads, and now has the opportunity to take over another 3,300 feet of them.
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PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Journalist Richard Dudman of Ellsworth remembered 1968 “just like it was yesterday” in his talk be-fore nearly 60 people Friday night at the University of Maine at Presque Isle.
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PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Journalist Richard Dudman truly did remember 1968 “like it was yesterday” — just as he said he did when he was first contacted to give a presentation about that year at …
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LIMESTONE, Maine — A collaborative effort by the Northern Maine Community College in Presque Isle and Loring Job Corps has proved so successful that the program is being opened to Job Corps students from around the country.
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HOULTON, Maine — The Houlton Humane Society has spent most of the year conducting fundraiser after fundraiser to garner money to pay the bills for the Houlton Animal Shelter, care for its animals and pay its staff.
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HOULTON, Maine — A slightly revised Town Council got its first look on Monday evening at a 2009 budget that proposes applying for a $1 million bond to repair the town’s crumbling roads and sidewalks.
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TOWNSHIP 8 RANGE 9, Maine — A New Jersey man was charged with aggravated assault, reckless conduct with a firearm and criminal mischief Saturday after he allegedly shot his brother twice after an argument while the pair were at a remote sporting camp west of Ashland.
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ST. AGATHA, Maine — A partnership with an organization that serves as an advocate for more than 19,000 cities, towns and villages is set to pay big dividends for St. Agatha residents.
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FORT KENT, Maine — In 1977 the first Apple II computer went on sale, Quebec adopted French as its official language, Jimmy Carter took office as president, inflation was running at 6.5 percent, a gallon of gas cost 65 cents and the price of a stamp was 13 cents.
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