As it stands, next year’s budget is $2.45 million more than this year’s $13.7 million budget with some of the highest increases coming from police, ambulance, public works, employee benefits, roads and RSU 29.
The body of Anthony “Tony” Martinez, 43, was discovered along with one of his three dogs, Buddy, in the home he owned at 44 Emily Drive.
The matchup takes place at 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13 at Bastions Tavern in downtown Houlton.
This year’s event raised more than $113,500 to purchase medical equipment for the hospital and local nonprofit clinics.
Funds from the festival in Presque Isle, which raised $190,000 last year, help the clinic offer low-cost services to more than 3,000 children from all over Aroostook County.
Outages were concentrated in Presque Isle, Mapleton and Ashland areas, with some through southern Aroostook.
WHOU’s Chris Putnam, will read the letters to Santa on the air at 5 p.m. every Wednesday and Friday, starting on Dec. 6.
50 Years Ago – November 27, 1974
Area Is Hit By Raging Snowstorm — A blistering Northeaster, which at 1 p.m. Tuesday had dropped 15.3 inches of snow on Houlton in a little more than 12 hours, and continued to rage Tuesday night with as much as 25 inches of new snow expected before the storm was due to taper off in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Aroostook County’s adult education programs experienced higher graduation rates in the 2023-24 school year, local directors said.
In my last column I wrote about the challenges involved in researching the early censuses. One of the things that may strike researchers is how often the head of household was male.