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A show of honor

by Alexander MacDougall
5 years ago
(Staff Photo/Alexander MacDougall)

A procession of snowplows line up in the parking lot of the Houlton Marden’s to make their way downtown in honor of Louis Blanchette, a long time member of public works who died recently.

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