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Amateur radio group to bring 1st municipal-based emergency service to Aroostook County

by Melissa Lizotte
4 years ago
T.H. Merritt, president of Caribou Emergency Amateur Radio Services, communicates with a fellow ham radio operator. (Staff photo/Melissa Lizotte)
The Caribou Emergency Amateur Radio Service will bring to Aroostook the only digital smart technology for amateur radios north of Portland.Read more.
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