Business News

2 weeks ago

Fidium honored with Rural Broadband Champion award for Greater East Grand Region fiber project

DANFORTH, Maine — Fidium, a next-generation fiber internet and network services company, has been recognized with the Pinnacle Award for Telecom and Wireless, earning the distinction of Rural Broadband Champion. “The Telecom and Wireless sector continues to set the pace for innovation, connecting people and businesses worldwide,” said Kate Lang, executive director of the Pinnacle […]

3 weeks ago

UScellular donates $1,500 to Presque Isle Minor Hockey

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — This holiday season UScellular, now part of T-Mobile, gave back to the Presque Isle community by donating $1,500 worth of hockey equipment. The donation will help Presque Isle Minor Hockey fulfill the organization’s mission of providing local youth with an opportunity to become physically active, learn teamwork and leadership skills, develop […]

3 weeks ago

Wintergreen receives grant from Maine Community Foundation to support youth arts programming

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Wintergreen Arts Center recently received a $10,000 donor-advised grant from the Maine Community Foundation for general support. Earmarked from The Ollie Fund, this grant supports Wintergreen’s proposal to the 2025 Maine Expansion Arts Grant program. Wintergreen’s mission of stimulating creativity and curiosity through the arts in Aroostook County, coupled with its […]

3 weeks ago

Volunteers unite to help those with food insecurity

On Thursday, Nov. 13, United Ag & Turf in Presque Isle hosted a food-packing event in partnership with End Hunger New England, uniting local farms and volunteers to help reduce food insecurity across Aroostook County.

3 weeks ago

Stanhope earns Certified Insurance Service Representative designation

HOULTON, Maine  — F.A. Peabody Insurance is proud to announce that Shelby Stanhope, customer service agent for personal lines in the company’s Houlton office, has earned the Certified Insurance Service Representative designation. The CISR designation is a nationally recognized professional credential awarded by the Risk & Insurance Education Alliance to insurance professionals who demonstrate advanced […]

3 weeks ago

Northern Maine Medical Center nurses seek to remove union

FORT KENT, Maine – The National Labor Relations Board notified Northern Maine Medical Center on Sept 15 that the registered nurses have asked that a secret ballot election be held to decertify the union, which means conducting a vote to remove the union’s representation of the nurses at NMMC. We expected the election to take place in the month […]

3 weeks ago

200th baby born in 2025 at Cary Medical Center

CARIBOU, Maine – A family from Presque Isle welcomed twin boys on November 22, marking the 199th and 200th deliveries of 2025 at Cary Medical Center. Hudson Tripp and Ryker Gene were born on Saturday, Nov. 22, to Chacity Gendreau and Weston Robinson. Hudson weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces and measured 20 inches long; Ryker […]