Easton bank, health clinic announce closures
Two employers have announced closures in the Aroostook County town of Easton.
The Bangor Daily News reported that Katahdin Trust announced the closure of a branch in Easton as of Jan. 31 and Village Health, a primary care clinic, also plans to close.
Town officials are trying to be proactive in finding ways to fill the gaps.
Easton, surrounded by farmland, is situated only a few miles from the Canadian border and has a population of 1,287, as of the 2010 census. The town is known for its ATV and snowmobile trail systems.
Katahdin Trust opened in Easton in 2000, when the bank doubled its locations with the acquisition of eight Aroostook County branches of Peoples Heritage Bank (now TD Bank).
The town recruited Village Health in 2014, after acquiring and renovating a centrally located building and renting it to the clinic at a reduced rate, Town Manager Jim Gardner told the BDN. It was the first time the town had a clinic. Now Gardner told the BDN, “We’ve got a couple empty buildings and we’re going to fill them.”
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