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1 year ago

Canadian company could pay $240K for Aroostook lumber mill violations

A company that owned a Masardis sawmill until January could pay $240,000 in fines for violating state environmental regulations, including improper handling of wastewater. Daaquam Lumber, owned by Groupe Lebel and Bois Daaquam of Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec, has been accused of multiple violations in a consent agreement issued by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. The […]

1 year ago

MSAD 27 plans meeting for $16.5M budget

The figure includes a total local tax increase of $429,404 spread across the towns of Fort Kent, New Canada, St. Francis, St. John and Wallagrass.

1 year ago

Houlton voters pass $17.8M school budget

Unlike previous annual budget voting sessions that threatened teacher jobs and rising taxes, this year’s 5.24 percent increase went unchallenged by voters. 

1 year ago

Presque Isle breaks ground on new airport terminal

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Presque Isle has officially broken ground at its new airport terminal, a $38 million building that’s been in the works for more than two years. Officials from the city, JetBlue and the Maine Department of Transportation, along with legislative representatives and U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, were on hand on May […]