Cary Library of Houlton recently released its latest rounds of memorial donations. Third quarter (July, August and September) memorials included the following. In memory of Gene Adams: Rusty & Anne Taylor. In memory of Darlene Botting: Dawn & Gordon Anderson. In memory of Vera B. Carmichael: The O’Leary Family; Mark & Jane Stile; Nedra Hanson. […]
The University of Maine at Presque Isle can’t offer any new YourPace competency-based programs without accreditor approval, according to the New England Commission of Higher Education. “We didn’t suspend it,” commission President Larry Schall said. “We suspended any expansion of it — new programs, new locations — until they appear before us in the spring.” […]
HOULTON, Maine — The Maliseet Advocacy Center’s hope is that one day, domestic and sexual violence will be obsolete. Until that goal is reached, the Center’s staff looks for new and innovative ways to raise awareness on the dangers and impacts of violence. More than 100 people turned out for this year’s 29th annual vigil, […]
“Our most immediate challenge is easing the property tax burden on residents.”
The wind project is slated to install 150 to 200 turbines along thousands of acres of commercial timberland.
Maine has lost 15 local police departments since the turn of the century. That’s changed the face of rural policing. A Bangor Daily News analysis of 25 years of law enforcement employment data found that 15 police departments in the state have disbanded or merged with another since 2000. The trend dates back at least […]
Forty-nine of Maine’s 101 municipal police departments operated with 10 or fewer full time officers in 2024. That includes Ashland.
The discussion with legislators was one of many that will take place over the coming weeks and months.
The Greater Houlton Chamber of Commerce had the pleasure to hold a ribbon cutting for Catholic Charities Maine’s new commercial freezer at its Monticello warehouse, strengthening food distribution across rural Northern Maine.
He was charged with three felonies and two misdemeanors for sexually related acts against two young girls.
