Here’s what Aroostook would look like if it ever seceded from Maine

Here’s what Aroostook would look like if it ever seceded from Maine

It’s an idea as provocative as it is improbable, and a Wall Street Journal headline summed it up nearly 30 years ago: “The Most Likely to Secede? A County in Northern Maine.” The 1997 article described how Aroostook County residents had “griped for years about the city slickers downstate” dominating the Legislature. It mentioned how then-Rep. Henry Joy, R-Crystal, won funding for a task force that studied creating two states out of Maine and tha…