2 hours ago

Couple opens electronics store in Aroostook Centre Mall

The Aroostook Centre Mall is home to a new store specializing in television, internet and cell phone packages in partnership with both local and national carriers.

3 hours ago

Northern Light to discontinue ambulance services at the end of 2019

Northern Light A.R. Gould Hospital has announced it will no longer provide ambulance services as of Jan. 1, 2020.

8 hours ago

Hair stylist excited to open her own business on Presque Isle Main Street

When Karen Cox stopped her car at a stoplight on Main Street in Presque Isle, next to the shopping area that houses Boulevard Graphix, she knew that the former GiftSmart location would be the ideal place to begin her own hair and tanning salon.

2 days ago

Local pilot reflects on a decade of hot air balloon flying as part of annual festival

When Derik Smith served as a crew member for Ontario-based hot air balloon pilot Bill Whelan in 2004, he never expected that 15 years later he would be a licensed pilot, flying through the Aroostook skies with his own balloon named Queen of Hearts.

3 days ago

Young and older generations connect during annual Micmac Mawiomi celebration

Hundreds of people from Native American communities in Maine, Canada and New England came to celebrate cultural traditions during the Aroostook Band of Micmac’s 25th annual Mawiomi of Tribes Aug. 16-18.

3 days ago

Recovery Rocks gathering to showcase stories of substance abuse recovery

The third annual Recovery Rocks event, hosted by Life By Design, Recovery Aroostook, Roads to Recovery Community Center in Caribou and Aroostook Mental Health Center, will bring together people from the local community to share stories of hope and recovery surrounding substance abuse disorders.

3 days ago

Youth missionaries bring volunteer service to folks in central Aroostook County

For Henry Dahl and Justin Hatch, missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spending time in central Aroostook County has meant reaching out to people and lending a few helping hands for those who need it most.

6 days ago

Washburn honors Vietnam War veterans with arrival of traveling memorial wall

Lynwood Carmen, a native of Wade and a Vietnam veteran, now lives in Missouri but decided to travel to Washburn this past week, not only for Washburn August Festival events but also to see firsthand a special replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

1 week ago

UMPI research greenhouse on schedule for completion in mid-September

The new Zillman Family Greenhouse at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, which will serve the university’s recently established agricultural science and agribusiness program, is on track for completion this fall, according to UMPI officials.

2 weeks ago

Hot-air balloons to soar through the skies in Presque Isle as part of annual festival

One of the most anticipated events of the summer -- the Crown of Maine Balloon Festival -- is bringing 14 hot-air balloon pilots to central Aroostook County, along with the chance for people to take to the skies as they never have before.