BANGOR DAILY NEWS • October 20, 2023
Maine agricultural officials are investigating whether a Woodland Select Board member allowed fertilizer to be spread too close to neighboring properties, allegedly tainting residents’ water supplies. Diane Stubbs and Merton and Sharon Pete allege that Thomas Drew, who owns a dairy farm on Woodland Center Road and serves on the small Aroostook County town’s Select Board, allowed the Washburn-based company Penobscot McCrum to dump potato waste from its processing plant onto Drew’s property on Aug. 18. Stubbs and the Petes claim that the potato waste crossed over to their properties on Langley Road and got into their well systems.