The Maine Republican Party is putting up signs in Aroostook County to fool people into believing Senate President Troy Jackson, a Democrat, wants to defund police, but provided no evidence that he does.
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More than 20 criminal defendants in Aroostook spent weeks without counsel, draft memo notes
The memo from the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services says 23 people whose requests for legal help were granted by a judge spent an average of about 60 days waiting for an attorney.
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Neither snow nor rain hold up the mail, but Maine potholes do
Officials said deliveries have resumed in an Aroostook County town as the potholes are starting to get filled in.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Students, farmers to benefit from partnership that will bring state-grown broccoli into UMaine dining halls
The broccoli, grown at Circle B Farms in Caribou, will be served this fall.
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Aroostook County to have dedicated courthouse therapy dog
The district attorney says courthouse dogs can help traumatized children and victims of crime, and provide emotional support for law enforcement officers, first responders and others.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Sports
Announcers fired by Houlton radio station for body-shaming comments about girls
The announcers, one a former coach and the other a former athletic director, made derogatory remarks about girls playing in a high school basketball game in Aroostook County.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine won’t wait long for answers on clean energy, transmission lines
A proposal to connect Aroostook County to the New England grid is a follow-up of sorts to the CMP corridor.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Here’s Something: Amazing Aroostook County
My knowledge, respect and admiration for the state of Maine grew 1,320-fold last week after spending six days driving – you guessed it – 1,320 miles around Vacationland in a counterclockwise circumnavigation, mainly along Route 1. Aroostook County – simply and reverently referred to as “The County” and especially the far northern reaches of it, […]
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Our View: Maine astronaut reaches beyond her childhood dreams
Jessica Meir, who recently realized her dream of conducting a spacewalk, is on a short list to go to the moon, with Mars perhaps to come.
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Two men rescued after kayaks flip over in raging river
The Maine Warden Service aided the men Tuesday evening after they became stranded on opposite sides of the Meduxnekeag River in Aroostook County.