STOCKHOLM, Maine — Stockholm Selectmen kicked off their town’s Independence Day parade with a ribbon cutting for a new bridge. MDOT funded the $1.2 million infrastructure project, which replaces a bridge installed in 1925.
Hundreds gathered for the 4th of July festivities in Stockholm, a town of less than 300, in which Selectmen performed a ribbon cutting for a new bridge on Main street, and several organizations drove through to celebrate the town and the Country’s independence.
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Hundreds gathered on Main Street near the bridge, post office, and town museum to watch the festivities with friends and relatives while members of the Stockholm Historical Society offered food outside the museum.
Members of several organizations marched across the newly constructed bridge and through the northern Aroostook town. Participants ranged from members of the Loring Honor Guard and area police and fire departments to Boy Scouts and beauty pageant winners.
Allen Drake of CPM Constructors of Freeport was responsible for building the bridge, and while it was technically finished in late 2016, the
VFW Lister-Knowlton Post 9389 Commander Roger Felix, pictured on the far right, leads the Loring Job Corps Center Honor Guard during the town of Stockholm’s Fourth of July parade.
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final touches were just recently completed. Drake said in mid-2016 that the bridge’s rails were rotting, leading to potential accidents in which vehicles could fall into the Little Madawaska River.
