potatoes

Two Aroostook County men were arrested and are facing theft charges after a lengthy investigation involving the theft of potatoes in the St. John Valley.

Here in the great potato-growing north, we’re used to separating the rocks from the potatoes at harvest time.  But one processing plant in the Netherlands this week saw a little more excitement than that.  Workers at a plant in Dronten found a World War II era hand grenade—its pin still intact—in a load of potatoes.

Gregory Cousins, 22, was seriously injured on Wednesday while working at the County Farms LLC potato house in Mapleton.

U.S. Senator Susan Collins made a visit to the White House on Tuesday and she presented the Deputy Assistant to the President, Ed Pagano, with an awesome gift.