One geologist estimates that Pennington Mountain in Aroostook County contains billions of dollars worth of rare materials used in military, industrial and clean-energy technologies.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Maine Supreme Court overturns attempted murder conviction in Aroostook County
The state’s highest court said an Aroostook County prosecutor was wrong to criticize the defendant for not testifying during his own trial and for implying the jury had a ‘duty’ to find him guilty.
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Posted inElection 2022, Local & State, Politics
Aroostook County Senate race tops $1 million in spending
Most of that – $808,226 – is being spent to reelect Democratic Senate President Troy Jackson over Republican challenger Rep. Sue Bernard.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine’s northernmost resident tells US Postal Service, ‘I exist’
A 67-year-old veteran in Estcourt Station has trash and recycling collection, a telephone, electricity and a paved road, but he cannot get mail.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Pay dispute stymies hiring of Maine’s first 5 public defenders
Lawmakers voted in April to spend nearly $1 million on the first team of public defenders, but a disagreement over whether their pay should equal that of prosecutors has stalled the hiring process.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Maine Republicans target state Senate leader using fake – and false – campaign signs
The Maine Republican Party is putting up signs in Aroostook County to fool people into believing Senate President Troy Jackson, a Democrat, wants to defund police, but provided no evidence that he does.
Posted inLocal & State, News
More than 20 criminal defendants in Aroostook spent weeks without counsel, draft memo notes
The memo from the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services says 23 people whose requests for legal help were granted by a judge spent an average of about 60 days waiting for an attorney.
Posted inLocal & State
Neither snow nor rain hold up the mail, but Maine potholes do
Officials said deliveries have resumed in an Aroostook County town as the potholes are starting to get filled in.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Students, farmers to benefit from partnership that will bring state-grown broccoli into UMaine dining halls
The broccoli, grown at Circle B Farms in Caribou, will be served this fall.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Sports
Announcers fired by Houlton radio station for body-shaming comments about girls
The announcers, one a former coach and the other a former athletic director, made derogatory remarks about girls playing in a high school basketball game in Aroostook County.