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Afterschool youth café opens in Mars Hill
MARS HILL, Maine (WAGM) - A new youth café, called ‘The Well’, has opened in Mars Hill. The Well had its grand opening on Friday, January 31, 2025, after over a year of renovations. The Well is designed to be a safe, afterschool location for kids to...
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Aroostook’s newest bakery will soon grow into a cafe
Two Fort Fairfield women who first bonded during a kayaking trip are now on a bigger adventure: after starting a bakery in town just last month, they’re already looking to move into a larger space to meet the great demand for their cookies, cinnamon rolls, bread, wraps and other goods.
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Houlton diner runs 'pay it forward' initiative in the form of a hot meal
HOULTON , Maine (WAGM) - One Houlton business is running an initiative that allows community members to ‘pay it forward’ in the form of a hot meal. At the Elm Tree Diner, customers can purchase items or meals that will be passed on to people in need in the community.
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Houlton slashes $1.8M from proposed 2025 budget
HOULTON, Maine — The Houlton town council on Thursday night cut $1.8 million from the proposed 2025 town budget. In November Town Manager Jeremy Smith presented a $16,568,181 draft budget that would have raised the town mill rate nearly 5.5 mills. Several councilors expressed concern about such a dramatic increase.
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Ark Animal Sanctuary – Week of December 18, 2024
As the Christmas season begins, we find ourselves in a last-ditch effort to raise money for the animals in our care. Running a sanctuary that is currently home to 86 cats is not easy when you have no guaranteed income. I don’t think people even think about the hidden expenses. For example, our insurance for the sanctuary for this year was $3,500. Fuel to get us through the winter will be around $3,000, electric and sewer around $1,200. The dumpster we rent to dispose of trash is $185 per month, internet and phone $90 a month.
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Houlton area From our Files – Week of December 18, 2024
2500 View New Caribou Fried Potato Freeze Plant — More than 2,500 residents of Caribou and surrounding communities, as well as state, county and local officials and many potato growers and dealers, went through the new quick-frozen French fried potato plant of the Birds Eye-Snider Division of General Foods Corporation here today during an “open house” officially launching the plant. The plant will employ about 150 persons for the major part of each year and is equipped with up-to-date machinery and lighting. On hand to greet the visitors, including hundreds of children, were Franklin G. Delaney, plant manager, Joseph D. Nevins, assistant manager, and other members of the staff. Employees at work readily answered questions and explained the steps in processing.
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Suzie the bear, a long-time fixture at Maine Wildlife Park, dies
GRAY, Maine (WGME) -- After nearly three decades at the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray, Suzie the bear has died. Caretakers say she came to the park in 1995 after not being able to survive in the wild. The park says Suzie wasn't big for a black bear but always...