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letter from the magazine team
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the first issue of Our Maine
Street Magazine, a magazine focusing on the people and places of Aroostook County,
Maine. Putting this first issue together has been an amazing journey for those of
us here and we have enjoyed working with, and meeting people from around The
County and we hope that you will be as pleased with the finished product as we are.
While it won’t be perfect, and there are still many things we want to include it is a
bright begining which (we hope) will be followed by many other issues.
This magazine is a celebration of The County and it’s people whether they be
in The Valley or in southern or central Aroostook and we hope to hear from you with
comments, suggetions and your thoughts on what we can do to help represent this
place we all call home.
In this issue you will find a feature article on the Bouchard Family from Fort
Kent as we learn about the history of their family farm and the ploye mix business
that it is know for. We will also be checking in with the chamber directors from
several county communities to see what is going on in their areas and we hope to see
more communities participating in future issues. On your way to the articles take
a moment to check out the events calendar to get a preview of the many exciting
activities taking place throughout the area this summer. Who knows you may be
able to work them into your own staycation.
You will find a little bit of everything from restaurant and busines features to
articles about your health and that of your four legged friends, and don’t forget to
check out the beautiful images submitted by some local artists in their section near
the end of the issue. Finally we are happy to introduce a new cartoon series by Holly
Hardwick chronicalling a family as they move from ‘down east’ to ‘up north.’ I think
we will all find we have something in common with their experiences.
Enough talk from me, read on and I will see you again in October.
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SUMMER & FALL 09
Craig Cormier
Our Maine Street Magazine
[email protected]