Next year’s budget is $2.45 million more than this year’s $13,712,315 budget with some of the highest increases coming from police, ambulance, public works, the arena, employee benefits, roads and RSU 29.
Organizers are hoping that this year’s event will raise more than last year’s whopping $95,000.
Katie Sloat, along with her two children Clara and Avery Bither, and family friend Megan Fitzpatrick of Hodgdon, made the 18-hour trek to the North Carolina mountains to deliver winter coats, hats, gloves and blankets.
County residents are discovering financial and customizable advantages of purchasing a custom built Amish shed to live in or use as a separate location for a home-based business.
The Houlton event opened on Friday afternoon with several gaming tournaments and will wrap-up on Sunday with a focus on Star Wars, including a lightsaber battle at the Houlton Bridge at 9 a.m. followed by a group walk through downtown and the church organist playing the Imperial March on the historic pipe organ.
With a series of brush strokes, jumps and hand tossed paint splatters, Rob Surette transformed 6-foot-tall black canvases into vibrant portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King and Albert Einstein.
Three candidates were elected to three open 3-year term seats on the Houlton School Board.
Voters from the St. John Valley to Houlton showed they are motivated to help shape the future of their country, state and local municipalities.
Danielle Ambrose, 32, of Houlton was charged with aggravated heroin trafficking, a class A felony and a probation violation.
Christopher D. Foster, 53 of Littleton, was charged with three Class B burglary felonies and three Class C theft by unlawful taking felonies.
