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Lynx death may affect trapping case
Lynx death may affect trapping case State and federal wildlife officials are investigating an accidental killing of a Canada lynx by a trapper in far northern Maine.
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Feds Approve Benefits To Laid-Off Workers
The federal government has approved benefits and services for 74 workers who lost their jobs this summer because of the shutdown at the Irving Forest Products sawmill in Nashville Plantation, just north of ...
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Man accused of shooting brother
"Three and a half years for 2 lives because of the choices LaPointe made, may he rot in hell and " Mass.
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Protocol of Potato Picking
Growing up in Aroostook County, Maine, we knew a lot about potatoes, not because we were particularly interested in them but because they were always all around us and dad worked with that specie all of his ...
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Prayers
Every Sunday, throughout the Ashland area in Aroostook County, Maine the churches of all the different denominations would ring their bells and church-going folks would hurry off to their respective houses of ...
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Philbert
The residents of Aroostook County, Maine generally consider themselves to be conservative by nature and it usually takes quite a while for new styles and fads to catch on.
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Great Aunt Cassie
She was our great aunt but us Stevens' kids always called her Aunt Cassie. She only stood about five feet tall in her stocking feet but she had more drive and energy in her little finger than most people had in ...
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Soccer updates
Holden Turner scored two goals for the 9-2 Bears. Corey White and Tony Brown each scored a goal.
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Accident Sends Four to the Hospital
A mid morning accident on Route 11 near Portage Lake sends four people to the hospital with Non-Life Threatening injuries.
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Economy claims two more mills
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.
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Beleaguered Pinkham Sawmill to close
An Aroostook County mill that has sputtered along in the past few months has finally run out of steam.
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Firewood programs launched
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.
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States Launch Cut-Your-Own Firewood Programs
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.
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Teacher Tours
The Maine Tree Foundation and Maine Project Learning host a series of Teacher Tours of Maine's forest and mills.
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Holy Rollers
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.
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Two Arrested For Trying to Steal Copper Wire
The State Police have arrested two Aroostook county men for attempting to steal copper wire in Ashland.
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Drugstore Days
When I was about sixteen, I went to work as a clerk at Chasse's Drugstore in Ashland.
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Goin Home
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.
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Crimes Decrease in Maine: Ashland Update
After steadily increasing for two years, crime in the state of Maine is decreasing.
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Woman who hit fiance with car gets prison
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.
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