Public works director who once saved Fort Kent from a flood retires

Public works director who once saved Fort Kent from a flood retires

FORT KENT, Maine — Fort Kent Public Works Director Tony Theriault, who helped the town through countless storms and staved off major downtown flooding in 2008, officially retired on Tuesday, capping off a 17-year career. Theriault, a Fort Kent native, first applied for the public works director position around 2005, but did not get the job. He said his wife encouraged him to apply again. A town councilor who was familiar with Theriault’s work al…