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The Houlton Pioneer Times updates every Thursday by noon.
Council OKs lease for new welcome sign
By Joseph Cyr
Staff Writer
HOULTON — A new sign welcoming motorists off Interstate 95 took another step toward fruition Monday evening when the Houlton Town Council entered into a 20-year lease agreement for the property where the sign will be located.
Town Manager Doug Hazlett said the issue of installing a sign on the North Road has been in the works for longer than he has served as town manager.
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Sen. Collins urges HHS students to show ‘integrity’
Houlton Pioneer Times Photo/Joseph Cyr
 GUEST SPEAKER — U.S. Senator Susan Collins speaks with Houlton High School students prior to taking the podium for her presentation Thursday at the school.
By Joseph Cyr
Staff Writer
HOULTON — Could Maine’s next U.S. Senator be sitting in Houlton High School? Sen. Susan Collins thinks it’s a possibility.
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HPD officer breaks leg in altercation
By Joseph Cyr
Staff Writer
HOULTON — A Houlton police officer will be out of action for the next 12 weeks after suffering a broken leg while attempting to arrest a combative individual inside the department’s interrogation room.
According to Houlton Police Chief Butch Asselin, on Jan. 18 at about 12:30 p.m., Michael Bennett, 20, of Littleton, came into the Houlton Police Department to see Officer Theron Bickford in regard to Bennett’s alleged involvement in an earlier theft case. Bennett reportedly had in his possession a stolen Schauer battery charger.
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DEP approves First Wind turbines
By Joseph Cyr
Staff Writer
OAKFIELD — First Wind’s plans to erect 50 wind turbines in Oakfield passed another hurdle last week when the Department of Environmental Protection gave its approval to the project on Jan. 18.
Situated approximately 2.5 miles from the center of Oakfield, the project will consist of 50 3.0-megawatt turbines, standing 450 feet high that have the capacity to produce enough clean, renewable energy to power more than 48,000 homes. Some of the windmills will be visible from Interstate 95.
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Quints complete missions trip to Haiti
Contributed photo
 COMPLETE MISSIONS TRIP — Tracy Quint, center, and her children, Clayton and Sarah completed a seven-day missions trip to Caracol, Haiti in November.
By Joseph Cyr
Staff Writer
CARACOL, Haiti — Helping those in need is something that seems to come naturally for Hodgdon’s Tracy Quint.
A nurse by profession, Quint, along with her children Sarah, 11, and Clayton, 13, spent seven days in Caracol, Haiti, providing medical attention to needy kids back in November, 2011. In Haiti, she had her children assist with the physicals, measuring heights and weights of school children.
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Cold snap breaks Monday, warmth brings dense fog
By Natalie Bazinet
Staff Writer
The County may have pulled out of its weekend cold snap with nearly 40 degree temperatures on Monday (warm enough for rain), but the precursor to Monday’s warmth were temperatures in the double-digit negatives from northern to southern Aroostook over the weekend.
Plummeting temperatures even broke a record in Houlton; the previous Jan. 22 record of minus 20, set in 1972, was bested by Sunday’s negative 23 mercury reading, according to data from the National Weather Service office in Caribou. The record-breaking number was the coldest temperature Houlton experienced during the weekend’s cold snap.
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Island Falls hires new town manager
Houlton Pioneer Times photo/Joseph Cyr
 ON THE JOB — Dave Dionne of Presque Isle has been named the new town manager for Island Falls. He began his official duties on Dec. 30.
By Joseph Cyr
Staff Writer
ISLAND FALLS — Island Falls has a new town manager to guide the municipality following the hiring of Dave Dionne of Presque Isle.
Dionne replaces Joseph Clark, who served as town manager for about a year before resigning at the end of December to return to his hometown of Millinocket. Dionne’s first day on the job was Dec. 30. Prior to coming to Island Falls, Dionne worked for the Housing Authority in Fort Fairfield, managing public housing and Section 8 units.
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