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Fort Fairfield opts not to sell tax-acquired properties
Fort Fairfield will create a plan for delinquent taxpayers to catch up on what they owe rather than foreclose on their properties. Councilors took no formal action on the matter when they met Wednesday, but agreed the town should temporarily acquire the affected properties while working out strict payment plans with the owners.
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Houlton area Year in Review, Part 2
Editor’s note: The following is the second of two articles highlighting some of the top stories from 2024. This article highlights events from July to December. The first installment was published in December. July. New federal dog importation regulations went into effect Aug. 1, making it harder to take...
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Martha’s Vineyard carpenter opens business in Houlton area
NEW LIMERICK, Maine — A Massachusetts man who recently moved to Aroostook County has brought his high-end carpentry experience with him and started a new Houlton-area business. Calvin and Ana Episcopo made the winter trek north from Martha’s Vineyard just before the recent December snows and he’s already preparing...
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Rural Revival: New Amish Settlement Breathes Life into Fort Fairfield, Maine
Buggies and Barns: Inside Maine’s Thriving Amish Frontier. In the far reaches of northern Maine, where the rolling hills of Aroostook County meet the Canadian border, an unexpected revival is taking place. The Amish community in Fort Fairfield and neighboring Easton, once a tentative experiment, has blossomed into a thriving settlement that’s breathing new life into the region’s agricultural heritage.
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Real Estate Matters - Selling Your Home During the Holidays
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - It’s the holiday season and you may be selling, or thinking of selling, your home. Stephanie Fields of Fields Realty tells us how to make your house the top thing on every buyer’s wish list this season.
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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...