The move comes amid financial hardships that have hit hospitals in Aroostook County and beyond, with Northern Light A.R. Gould eliminating several positions in its Presque Isle hospital last month and closing its Mars Hill Health Center in 2022.
Decades of population decline that accelerated after Loring closed on Sept. 30, 1994, remains the most challenging hurdle on the way to securing a prosperous future.
The Houlton school district sent a letter to the community Saturday saying that the district and police had investigated the video, which showed images of girls’ faces that were edited and enlarged from other photos, and found it was not a threat and did not violate criminal law.
The park is full and growing, largely because it’s willing to adapt available spaces or build new ones, small or large, to fit businesses, Presque Isle Industrial Council Executive Director Tom Powers said.
Approximately $7,000 to $8,000 in funds designated to pay back a loan from Maine Municipal Bond Bank for road surfacing and reconstruction had been used to pay part-time election clerks in 2023.
Every year, the cemetery committee hosts a ceremony honoring National POW/MIA Recognition Day, which falls on the third Friday in September.
The audit showed the tribe needed to improve its documentation of projects included in a total of $4,359,339 in federal grants.
Twin Rivers Paper Co. will receive $9.5 million under the Maine Paper Manufacturing Credit over 10 years.
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine and vice chair of the Senate appropriations committee, announced in July the committee had advanced public safety funds, including those for Easton, as part of the 2025 Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration Appropriations bill.
The town is to check asphalt millings in the problematic area of the road, and to compact the millings with a roller. The order also includes cutting the shoulders of the road to allow for surface drainage.
