Article: Houlton councilors hear concerns about unpaved Cook's Brook Road

HOULTON - At first glance, the Cook's Brook Road looks like many other roads in town.

Houses and mailboxes dot the roadsides, and stately trees with fiery red, tangerine and rust colored leaves scuttle down from tree branches and onto the roadway in the fall.

But when you pull your vehicle onto the street that is located just off Drake's Hill, you hear a subtle crunching beneath your tires. At nighttime, the only light on the road comes from a vehicle's headlights and the occasional porch light.

The unlit rural, dead-end road is not paved, nor does it have any sidewalks. Now, some believe that needs to change. At a recent Town Council meeting Jim Bledsoe, a resident of the street, asked for ...

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