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by Staff Pioneer Times
14 years ago

Houlton Pioneer Times Photo/Joseph Cyr
ED-Tractor-dc-pt-34Lenwood Grant of Benton, New Brunswick leans on one of the tires of his International tractor in front of Aroostook County Superior Court. Grant was en route to southern Maine with the tractor when the brake line gave out, causing him to make an unexpected stop in Houlton’s downtown.

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