9 months ago

Presque Isle to ring in new year with 8 hours of music and celebration

The Star City Celebration will start at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 31, and continue through the official midnight start of 2026.

9 months ago

Presque Isle garage hit by early morning fire

A garage was damaged in a Saturday fire in Presque Isle.

9 months ago

Ashland school club nets Teens to Trails grant

“In the digital world today’s youth are immersed in, they need the outdoors.”

10 months ago

Aroostook grand jury indicts 66, including hit-and-run driver

A black SUV came up from behind and struck the victim, police said.

10 months ago

Cadets honor veterans as part of Wreaths Across America

Volunteers laid wreaths near veterans’ graves at the Northern Maine Veterans Cemetery in Caribou and Fairmount Cemetery in Presque Isle.

10 months ago

Community responds after blaze levels Limestone home

“We’re a small community, but Aroostook County strong. That’s what we do here.”

10 months ago

$2.1M gift is UMPI’s largest ever

The University of Maine at Presque Isle received the largest financial gift in campus history Tuesday. The surprise $2.1 million bequest came from the Don and Linda Zillman estate. The former UMPI president died in 2023, and his wife, Linda, died in September. Along with launching a Zillman professorship to benefit faculty research, the couple […]

10 months ago

Presque Isle blaze is latest in a string of heating-related fires

A Thursday fire damaged part of a Presque Isle building but resulted in no injuries, fire officials said. Crews responded at about 1:50 p.m. to 9 Parsons St., a three-story commercial building owned by Sunny Side Land Holdings, according to city tax maps. The building is being renovated and was unoccupied, the Presque Isle Fire […]