The body of a missing man has been found in a car in the St. John River near Aroostook road.
43-year-old
Robert Ernest Durost of Aroostook had been missing since Tuesday.
RCMP's Underwater Recovery Team recovered his body in his vehicle at the
bottom of the river yesterday.
An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death, foul play is not suspected.
A family benefit auction is being held next weekend to help save a friends life.
42-year-old
John Phillippe has a form of brain cancer that can only be stopped by a
drug called Avastin, which costs $10,600 a month and isn't covered by
the province or a medical plan.
Friend
Janet Holt is gathering gift cards and items for the auction which, she
says, is the only way friends and family know how to help him. Holt says
one prize they have is a 7 day vacation and RV rental in Hampton. She
says the drug has greatly helped John, who was partially paralyzed on
one side and is now walking and talking.
The
auction is taking place on Saturday, September 29th at the Aquarius Pub
& Restaurant. Tickets are $20, a meal is served at 4:30, and the
auction starts at 7:00pm.
Tickets can be purchased at Cox Electronics & Communication (843 Fairville Blvd) or by calling Janet Holt at 652-1889.
Quispamsis isn't sitting still on their lift station.
Quispam
Mayor Murray Driscoll tells Tide news the idea of them moving the
station in 5 to 10 years is simply not true. Driscoll says they have
agreed to move their lift station which, according to Rothesay council,
has been leaking sewage into Rothesay brooks whenever it rains. Driscoll
admits that lift stations do occasionally overflow in various areas
across the province, and Quipamsis isn't immune to that.
Driscoll
adds if Rothesay does not go forward with the retention pond, it would
give Quispam more breathing room in moving the lift station, which could
mean inserting a force main first then moving the station second.
Driscoll
says Quispam is right on schedule, the design is 80% done and there's
no reason to think they're not moving the lift station.
Earlier
this month at Rothesay Council Mayor Bill Bishop said their council
was writing a letter to Quispam addressing the lift station being moved
immediately. Driscoll says he has yet to receive that letter.
