Ashland, ME Debt Consolidation in Maine

B2 DERWIN GOWAN TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL One sawmill on Prince Edward Island and another in northern Maine will shut down permanently, J. D. Irving, Limited announced Tuesday.

An Aroostook County mill that has sputtered along in the past few months has finally run out of steam.

To offset rising fuel costs, Maine and Vermont are taking steps to make the two states' abundant supplies of firewood available to homeowners at reduced costs.

To offset rising fuel costs, Maine and Vermont are taking steps to make the two states' abundant supplies of firewood available to homeowners at reduced costs.

The Maine Tree Foundation and Maine Project Learning host a series of Teacher Tours of Maine's forest and mills.

About a mile and a half down the Masardis Road from my grandfather Colbath's house was a small wooden structure that was the Pentecostal Church.

The State Police have arrested two Aroostook county men for attempting to steal copper wire in Ashland.

When I was about sixteen, I went to work as a clerk at Chasse's Drugstore in Ashland.

Walt adjusted his sunglasses to block the early morning sun as it reflected off the edge of the Piscataqua Bay Bridge and directly into his eyes.

After steadily increasing for two years, crime in the state of Maine is decreasing.

An Ashland woman who struck and killed her fiance with her car after a night out at a local bar in February 2007 will spend 20 months in prison for the crime.

A 42-year-old Ashland woman will spend 20 months in prison for striking and killing her fiance with her car after a night out at a local bar.

Trisha Chambers was determined to get a family photo Friday, and nobody, not even her four hungry teenagers, dared deny her a perfect portrait.

State Police arrested a Presque Isle man Sunday in Castle Hill in connection with a stolen vehicle investigation from Ashland.

Forty-five employees will return to work early next month when the J.D. Irving Forest Products sawmill reopens nearly four months after shutting down.

"Our state has lost 23 percent of its manufacturing base since NAFTA"

David Dockham of Houlton stacks pine lumber at Fraser Papers' Ashland sawmill last week. via Bangor Daily News

"Well, he's about... or, His hair is kind of... You know, he's, well..."

His given name was "Kenneth" but, everyone who knew him, always called him "Macaroni." He was what some people might call the "town" character. via Magic City Morning Star

"If you have a well and the wellhead is flooded, you should have your water tested"

Cleanup of flooded Fort Kent begins Mickey Levesque,right, of Fort Kent uses a front-end loader/back hoe to clear mud from the parking lot for Schoolhouse Apartments on East Main Street in Fort Kent as a local ... via Bangor Daily News

"Ello, Ello, Hoperation? Could you put me on top of my wife in Fort Kent?"

The last fifteen years of Dad's working life was spent working as a janitor at Pinkham's Lumber Company, which is located just outside of Ashland on the Portage Road. via Magic City Morning Star

"Well, if you're only going to be gone overnight, that won't be too bad. I guess I could manage if these kids don't give me too much trouble."

Where we lived in Aroostook County, Maine, it was about the same distance to any large body of water no matter which direction you went. via Magic City Morning Star