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1 year ago

Aroostook County steps up police patrols in wake of Lewiston mass shootings

The Houlton Police Department does not have any intelligence that indicates 40-year-old Robert R. Card II, a person of interest in the shootings who remains at large, is heading north toward the County, but they are taking precautions and working with the border patrol, said Chief Tim DeLuca.

1 year ago

The Madawaska-Edmundston bridge is nearly finished

MADAWASKA, Maine — Cars and trucks should be traveling internationally via the new Madawaska-Edmundston bridge by the end of the year if there are no delays in completing two ports of entry.  Woolwich-based contractor Reed and Reed Senior Superintendent Greg Letourneau, who is overseeing construction of the new span, said Wednesday that work is slightly […]

1 year ago

Jessica Meir inducted into International Air & Space Hall of Fame

The Caribou native was inducted Saturday into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air and Space Museum. It’s not the first time Meir has been inducted into a hall of fame. She was inducted into the Maine Women’s Hall of Fame last year and was named as one of 2020’s most influential people by Time magazine.