1 day ago
Houlton slashes $1.8M from proposed 2025 budget
The new $14,749,220 proposed 2025 town budget, including $4.045 million in RSU 29 and County mandates, raises the tax rate from 19.4 to 20.4 mills.
Stories by Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli
4 days ago
Board of review recommends significant cuts to Houlton budget
Despite the board’s cut to the initial proposed 2025 budget, it is still a $1.8 million increase over 2024.
5 days ago
International skating champions skate with Aroostook kids
On Saturday, Ice Dance International performed two 30-minute shows in Houlton and then the cast returned to the ice to skate with mostly ice skating beginners.
6 days ago
Holiday-themed Houlton dating game turns into rowdy rom-com fun
In each round, three bachelors vied to be the bachelorette’s top pick as she posed romance-minded questions from behind a partition, unable to see them.
7 days ago
Houlton town manager releases information about surveillance cameras
After nearly a year of requests for information, Jeremy Smith said on Friday that of the 54 cameras purchased with American Rescue Plan Act funds in 2022, 25 were installed and operational, 13 were installed and not activated and 16 were in inventory and not installed.
1 week ago
Fort Fairfield man gets 4 years for causing death of his infant son
Stanley Hazell, who exposed his child to fentanyl, was sentenced to 12 years, all but four suspended with six years probation, in Aroostook County Superior Court.
1 week ago
Houlton private school may get additional scholarship funds from the state
The Carleton Project got the council’s unanimous OK to move forward with the 2024 Public Service grant application to the state that, if approved, would give several low to moderate income students scholarships.
2 weeks ago
Houlton plans 3-day downtown holiday spectacular
This year’s celebration schedule, starting at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 13 with an ugly sweater contest and running through Sunday, Dec. 15, is packed with events and offerings for everyone.
2 weeks ago
Maine’s top small-business seller of popular sports trading cards is in Houlton
Houlton-based Shiretown Coins on Market Street has come a long way since owner Galen Wilde first negotiated with Topps to sell the trading cards in 1983.
2 weeks ago
Presque Isle man convicted of manslaughter gets probation dismissed
Jonathan Limary, 29, of Presque Isle was sentenced in 2019 to 16 years with all but 45 months suspended and four years of probation in the death of Jean Bragdon in Caribou.
