Caribou turns to volunteers to fight rural transportation shortage
The Lynx offers rides to people that the Penquis Community Action Program serves in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties. A Caribou nonprofit is trying to establish a similar service. Credit: Stuart Hedstrom / Piscataquis Observer
A nonprofit organization is launching a volunteer ride service to help senior citizens get to medical appointments and social gatherings in an area of the state where public transportation is nonexistent or spotty at best.
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