1 week ago

Payout for Maine nursing homes benefits 8 Aroostook facilities

The funds are geared to help facilities support employees and reduce the use of costly temporary workers, state officials said.

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IHOP opens at former Big Stop in Houlton

The IHOP franchise, owned by Great American Real Food Fast in Connecticut, moved into the previous Big Stop restaurant location.

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Aroostook County continues to explore options for new jail

CARIBOU, Maine — Aroostook County Commissioners, staff and members of the Aroostook County Jail Study Commission participated in an intensive three day training this week sponsored by the National Institute of Corrections. The NIC’s Jail Center offers two programs, Planning of New Institutions and How to Open a New Institution, to help plan and open […]

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Composer helps students connect truck sounds and music at Houlton private school

Bertrand Laurence, who began the weekly “finding your voice” elective sessions at the Carleton Project in Houlton in September, hopes exploring the students’ favorite sounds will help lead to the class composing its own music.

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Aroostook Apple Day highlights Maine heirloom apples

This is the first time the biannual event has been held since COVID-19, said Unitarian minister Dave Hutchinson, the event host, adding that the Cup Cafe was serving apple themed baked goods and even a squash and apple soup on Saturday.

2 weeks ago

Aroostook Boys and Girls Clubs get $41,000 for STEM education

The money will be split between three clubs – Boys and Girls Club of Maliseet in Houlton, Boys and Girls Club of Micmac in Presque Isle and Boys and Girls Club of Sipayik in Perry – to help cover operating costs at each site.

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Seattle cyclist starts 4,500-mile Eastern Divide Trail trek in Houlton

Dov Schlacter is riding on the relatively new Eastern Divide Trail that runs from Cape Spear, Newfoundland to Key West and is the longest contiguous off-road bikepacking route in the U.S.

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Houlton area From our Files – Week of October 9, 2024

75 Years Ago – September 13, 1949
Robert M. Lawlis, Jr. Opens Law Office — Robert M. Lawlis, Jr., son of Probate Judge and Mrs. Robert M. Lawlis has opened his own office in Caribou for the practice of law.