5 days ago

UMPI invites community members to take part in annual Unity Project

Those who have driven by the University of Maine at Presque Isle during the past month might have noticed numerous poles standing on the lawn in front of South Hall, all with multi-colored strings of yarn converging in the middle and spreading across the entire circle.

5 days ago

Practitioner returns to Presque Isle medical practice

Dale J. Gordon, a board-certified family and emergency nurse practitioner, has returned to Full Circle Health Care LLC in Presque Isle.

5 days ago

Kiwanis Club of Presque Isle donates school supplies

The Kiwanis Club of Presque Isle recently donated school supplies to Pine Street Elementary School.

5 days ago

USDA announces plan for farmers impacted by unjustified retaliation

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Aug. 27 announced details of actions the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation by foreign nations.

5 days ago

60th reunion for the Caribou High School Class of 1958

The Caribou High School Class of 1958 met Aug. 3 for their 60th reunion

5 days ago

Inmate work program benefits communities across The County

For the past five years, the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office has operated a program that has given back to the community while saving taxpayers money.

5 days ago

Students brainstorm, network during Aroostook Aspirations Initiative scholar weekend

The Aroostook Aspirations Initiative hosted its fifth annual Scholar Weekend July 19 and 20 at Northern Maine Community College in Presque Isle.

6 days ago

Presque Isle paid $10,000 to investigate its police chief. It won’t release the report.

The city of Presque Isle paid more than $10,000 to a Portland law firm this summer to quietly investigate its police chief, who resigned last week and is now running for sheriff.

6 days ago

Hospital slates annual community health fair

Cary Medical Center’s 38th annual Health Fair, scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Caribou Wellness and Recreation Center, is gearing up to be a source of wellness information and resources with exhibitions from area agencies.

6 days ago

University of Maine at Presque Isle seventh on affordable college list

Officials at the University of Maine at Presque Isle recently announced that the institution has been named one of the top 20 most affordable colleges in the Northeast by Student Loan Hero

6 days ago

Limestone residents at hearing push for withdrawing from RSU 39

A majority of the 50 residents attending a Sept. 11 public hearing on Limestone’s proposal to withdraw from RSU 39 seemed to favor the effort, which supporters indicated would not cost taxpayers more and would give them back local control of education.

6 days ago

Fuel prices shoot up as Mainers fire up their furnaces

Shortly after this week’s cold snap had some Mainers turning up their thermostats early, the Governor’s Energy Office said Wednesday that average residential fuel prices per gallon already are creeping up this season.

6 days ago

Land Use Planning Commission will highlight adjacency September 19

The Land Use Planning Commission will discuss proposed changes to the adjacency principle with the Aroostook County Commissioners at their meeting at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19

6 days ago

County natives brace themselves for prolonged impact of Florence in North Carolina

Former Aroostook County residents now living in North Carolina, where Tropical Storm Florence has unleashed a torrent of wind and rain, are getting ready to ride what forecasters expect to be an unfolding disaster of widespread flooding.

6 days ago

County companies net funds for solar panels

Nine rural Maine businesses will receive a total of $431,725 in funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America Program to purchase, construct and install solar panels or mechanisms to convert wood into pellets.

6 days ago

Aroostook Red Cross deploys Emergency Response Vehicle to help with Florence

The Caribou Red Cross office deployed it’s Emergency Response Vehicle, or ERV, on Wednesday, Sept. 12, to assist with the onslaught of Hurricane Florence, which was expected to crash into the Carolinas Friday.

6 days ago

For Maine’s honey, maple producers, FDA’s label decision is sweet to hear

Maine’s maple and honey producers received some sweet news this week when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it was backing off from a move that would have required the all-natural products to list “added sugar” as an ingredient on their labels.

6 days ago

Actor with PI roots hosting benefit show for Wintergreen

The Wintergreen Arts Center could go a long way toward meetings its fundraising goals this fall thanks to an upcoming benefit performance in New York City spearheaded by actor John Cariani.