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Houlton's $1.3 million downtown sidewalk project is completed. As part of the project benches were added to Market Square. (Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli | The County) The crumbling concrete walkways throughout Houlton’s historic downtown have been replaced by Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant asphalt sidewalks that make Market Square visits much easier to navigate.

Eric Sanderson, Caribou's economic and community development specialist, stands in an empty lot on Brook Street that the city hopes to turn into new housing. (Cameron Levasseur | The County) Last year, two Aroostook County musicians delivered a reimagining of a longtime Maine music festival with a catchy new name. Now, Coddiwomple is back.

Eric Sanderson, Caribou's economic and community development specialist, stands in an empty lot on Brook Street that the city hopes to turn into new housing. (Cameron Levasseur | The County) The city of Caribou has owned a 23-acre expanse of grass and gravel off Brook Street for the better part of two decades. Next to a handful of houses that dot an east-west state route, the lot primarily serves as a snow dump for the city’s public works department.

Jon Bridgan and Carol Carper, owners of Danforth Hardware and three other local businesses moved to Maine three years ago from Virginia. (Courtesy of Jon Bridgan) When a Virginia couple moved to Danforth three years ago to be near his aging father, it posed a bit of a challenge because in this rural part of Washington County jobs are scarce and they needed full-time work.

Short-Term: Wednesday, Aug. 19-Friday, Aug. 21 The next several days will feature limited rainfall, with the best chance for showers and thunderstorms today and Thursday afternoon. Rainfall amounts are expected to be light and highly variable, with many locations receiving little or no measurable precipitation. High pressure building in from the west will bring drier and more seasonable weather heading into the weekend.

Crews work at Madawaska's midtown plaza, which is undergoing a major revitalization, on Aug. 19. (Chris Bouchard | The County) MADAWASKA, Maine – Madawaska is in the middle of a major project to renovate its midtown plaza, a widely visible area on Main Street which will contain multiple new developments. Brent Bridges of Woodard & Curran on Wednesday updated officials about the work, which is expected to be fully completed in early 2028.

The Houlton Humane Society is working with dog trainer Tyler Jones to help shelter dogs have a better chance at successful adoptions. Jones is getting to know Barkley one of the shelter's dogs. (Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli | The County) Barkley, Mosey and Chance, all shelter dogs not yet adopted, easily followed commands on Thursday with simple training tweaks.

HOULTON, Maine — The Aroostook County grand jury handed up 29 indictments for June, topped by traffic and drug violations. An indictment is not a finding of guilt, but an indication that there is enough evidence in a case to move forward with a trial. The grand jury indicted the following. Jessica J. Levesque, 34, Van Buren: failure to report and violating conditions of release. Ashley L. Martin, 42, Caribou: aggravated unlawful furnishing of drugs. Shawn M.

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Houlton School District Superintendent Joe Fagnant talks about the challenges of filling school employment vacancies. (Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli | The County) With school starting in two weeks, officials may have to fill nine vacancies in the Houlton regional school district with temporary substitutes until the positions are filled, officials said.