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More than 70 test positive in COVID outbreak at Aroostook County Jail

by Alexander MacDougall
5 years ago
The Aroostook County Jail in Houlton. Credit: Joseph Cyr / Houlton Pioneer Times
More than half of the inmates at Aroostook County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.Read more.
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