Van Buren News

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Members of the Hartland Fire Department, along with rescue boats from Perth-Andover, Edmundston and the RCMP, search the Grand Falls Gorge for Shannon Bernard.

It started with just learning about energy, but quickly became much more. Janice Gereben's sixth grade class in Van Buren has been recognized by both Maine Public Service Company and the National Energy ...

Progress was witnessed and contamination warnings were issued in the St. John Valley on Thursday, as residents of the region continued to clean up from the massive flooding that took place in the area earlier ...

The international bridge connecting Van Buren and St. Leonard, New Brunswick, will reopen to commercial truck traffic this Friday after being closed for three weeks because of flooding.

Mainer's who suffered property damage from recent flooding may be getting more help from the federal government.

Cars and passenger vehicles will once again be allowed through the border crossing in Van Buren, starting Wednesday at noon. via WLBZ

Release Date: May 13, 2008 Release Number: 1755-NR04 Augusta, Maine - Officials from Maine Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will open a second Disaster Recovery Center in ... via Federal Emergency Management Agency

“The recent flooding has resulted in severe damages to our roads, bridges and overall public infrastructure”

While cleanup from recent flooding in the St. John Valley continues, visible signs of the recovery process are apparent and the potential for more relief for other areas affected by the flooding could be on the ... via Bangor Daily News

A senator from Maine is asking that the U.S.-Canadian border station at Van Buren, which was closed May 1 as a result of flooding, be reopened as soon as possible. via WMTW-TV Auburn

“We were lucky that way. The town will bounce back and the damage will be repaired. It will just take time.”

By Nick Sambides Jr. Thursday, May 08, 2008 - Bangor Daily News FORT KENT, Maine - The flooding that hit the St. via Bangor Daily News

One bridge is back open another remains closed to automobile traffic. The International Bridge between Van Buren and St. via WAGM TV

Maine emergency response officials say bottled water is available in four Aroostook County towns to homeowners whose wells are affected by floods there. via WMTW-TV Auburn

“If you have a well and the wellhead is flooded, you should have your water tested”

Cleanup of flooded Fort Kent begins Mickey Levesque,right, of Fort Kent uses a front-end loader/back hoe to clear mud from the parking lot for Schoolhouse Apartments on East Main Street in Fort Kent as a local ... via Bangor Daily News

“If the bridge had let go, that would've been the end for Fort Kent. The whole town would've washed out”

The rain-swollen St. John River crested early Thursday after hitting a record high, forcing residents to flee to higher ground as more than 100 homes flooded. via Goshen News, Goshen, IN

“It's certainly a dangerous situation. That's why they're doing evacuations proactively”

FORT KENT, Maine People fled homes and businesses along both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border near this town at the northern tip of Maine on Wednesday as the area suffered its worst flooding on record. via WBMA

“We will get through it, learn to fend for ourselves, pay the bills and try to live within our means.”

Thomas Randall Cannon, 52, a former town councilor in Van Buren, became the town's fourth town manager in a little over a year Monday when he was named to the position by the town council. via Bangor Daily News

The high drama of school consolidation continued last week in the legislative chambers of the state house in Augusta. via York Weekly

“If two existing administrative units make a good-faith effort to consolidate and the result of that effort ends up costing more than it saves, will those two units still be penalized for not consolidating?”

Since the first reports of the state-ordered school consolidation plans began to come in, there has been a recurring theme both locally and statewide: Savings will be minimal and, many times, there is actually ... via York Weekly

“He has to stay at home and cannot use the telephone or a computer.”

By Beurmond Banville Saturday, March 1, 2008 - Bangor Daily News A judge Friday allowed 17-year-old Reid Francis of Madawaska to return to his home under 24-hour-a-day supervision until his initial appearance ... via Bangor Daily News

By Beurmond Banville Saturday, February 02, 2008 - Bangor Daily News A father and son suffered significant injuries Thursday when fire engulfed their Route 1 home, which was destroyed. via Bangor Daily News