Staying Local

    Most of the potatoes that farmers are harvesting this fall will be shipped out of town and will come back to you as potato chips and french fries. However, you can be certain that the potatoes in the upcoming Houlton Rotary Auction were harvested locally and will be delivered fresh from the farm to the Rotary storeroom — and then to you, if you are the winning bidder.
    “If you see a farmer this fall, thank him or her for their hard work in keeping your potatoes local, and then bid on the potatoes that they have generously donated so that you can also help with Rotary projects,” said Otis Smith of the Houlton Rotary.
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TIS THE SEASON — Harvesters are hard at work these days collecting potatoes in Aroostook County. The Houlton Rotary Auction will once again feature plenty of bags of local potatoes for people to bid on.
    The Auction will be carried on WHOU radio, Polaris Cable, and the Internet every evening, November 19-21.
    Donations will be in the Houlton Pioneer Times supplement the week prior to the auction.
    Items will be featured every evening and given special exposure on television and the Internet.
    To become an auction partner, contact auction chair Lori Weston at comm.development@houlton-maine.com or Rotary president Ryan Bushey at ryan.bushey@lpcorp.com.