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People keep leaving Aroostook County

by Alexander MacDougall
5 years ago
Aerial shot of Limestone (Photo courtesy of the Maine School of Science and Mathematics)
The County lost about 4,700 people during that time, down to a little more than 67,000 people, representing a 7.1 percent decline.Read more.
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