Last year at this time the town of Fort Fairfield faced a nearly 1.4 million dollar debt with no plan on how to pay it back. Since then, a former town manager was brought back temporarily, and a plan to pay back the money has been developed and executed.
As times change and our society advances, so too must our institutions, including those designed to maintain law and order. One such example was the transformation and expansion of the Aroostook County Jail back in the mid-eighties and it’s the focus of this week’s Throwback Thursday with Brian Bouchard.
Aroostook County is known as the Garden of Maine, in fact, that’s what WAGM’s callsign stands for, and one project by the University of Maine’s Cooperative Extension hopes to inspire others to become gardeners in their own right.
Changes are coming to certain parts of Versant customers bills effective July 1st. NewsSource8′s Brian Bouchard spoke with a Versant representative to see what those rate changes will mean for your wallet.
With ATV Season underway, and folks hitting the trails of Northern Maine, it’s important to keep in mind that over 90 percent of the State’s trail system is owned by private landowners.