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Presque Isle Hands Out Emergency Weather Kits
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - The city of Presque Isle has constructed emergency weather kits that are available for residents at city hall. The city has several of these kits available and is giving them away on a first come first served basis. Aroostook County experiences extreme weather regularly and the city of Presque Isle has made emergency weather kits available to help residents cope with extreme weather situations. One reason Presque Isle has decided to distribute these kits is to inform residents about file of life forms. Which are used to relay your medical information to first responders.
Meteorologists in Maine find evidence of downburst but no tornados after intense storm
A mile-long path of uprooted and snapped trees starting just north of Brownville Junction was not the work of a tornado but a downburst, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS office in Caribou surveyed several areas of Aroostook, Penobscot, and Piscataquis counties on July 1 looking for signs...
Weight restriction to be lifted on Aroostook international bridge next month
MADAWASKA, Maine – The five-ton weight limit on the new Madawaska-Edmundston Bridge in Northern Aroostook County is expected to be lifted next month, allowing large trucks to drive between the American and Canadian communities for the first time in seven years. The town’s old international bridge, which was built...
Follow Up Friday: New Sweden’s Midsommar Festival
NEW SWEDEN, Maine (WAGM) - People from across the country gathered in New Sweden to decorate a maypole in honor of the annual Midsommar festival. Midsommar is a Swedish tradition at the beginning of the summer that is believed to date back as far as the 1500s. Midsommar has existed in Aroostook County since the founding of New Sweden, according to Lukas Lagasse, the president of the New Sweden Historical Society.
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