2 hours ago

PI water utility seeks rate increase, transitioning leadership

The Presque Isle Utilities District is proposing a rate increase for 2019 largely to pay for a recent infrastructure project. The utility is also undergoing a management transition.

20 hours ago

Caribou Russet is now a Maine success story

The Maine Potato Board presented the eighth annual Maine Harvest Festival in Bangor the weekend of Nov. 17 and 18, and once again featured the popular Caribou Russet potato.

2 days ago

Aroostook Band of Micmacs keep language, culture alive through community classes

Thanks to recent grant funding, the Aroostook Band of Micmacs in Presque Isle is now striving to host more weekly and monthly cultural education classes for their community.

2 days ago

UMPI, SAD 1 partnership aims to help students break into medical workforce

A collaboration between the University of Maine at Presque Isle and SAD 1’s Adult and Community Education program already is seeing its second crop of students graduate and help fulfill a crucial workforce need for Aroostook County.

3 days ago

MSAD 1 board OKs new PIMS principal, sharing contract

The Maine School Administrative District 1 board of directors approved continuing a superintendent services sharing contract with MSAD 45 in Washburn Wednesday, along with additional services covered under an addendum to the contract.

3 days ago

Decision regarding Northern Maine Fair dates to come later this month

Officials from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry have confirmed that a formal decision regarding the Northern Maine Fair Association’s latest request for different fair dates will be announced before the end of November.

3 days ago

Presque Isle City Council gives Wildcat soccer teams their day

Presque Isle city councilors proclaimed Nov. 14, as Presque Isle High School Soccer Teams Day during their meeting that day.

3 days ago

Eight inches of snow predicted in some parts of Maine

An active winter has already brought significant snowfall to some parts of the state, with officials at the National Weather Service in Caribou expecting more to blanket the state Friday.

4 days ago

National Guard officials hold groundbreaking ceremony for $18.5 million PI facility

Officials from the Maine Army National Guard and the City of Presque Isle were on hand Thursday afternoon for a groundbreaking ceremony on a 43,400 square foot facility that will house the National Guard’s Northern Maine Readiness Center.

4 days ago

Golden defeats Poliquin in contested 2nd District ranked-choice count

Assistant Maine House Majority Leader Jared Golden defeated U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin in a ranked-choice count in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District that finished on Thursday and is the subject of an uphill challenge in federal court by the Republican incumbent.

4 days ago

A.R. Gould’s Academy House faces demolition

Residents along Academy Street in Presque Isle can soon expect to see the demolition of a building that sits in front of Northern Light AR Gould Hospital (formerly TAMC).

4 days ago

Aroostook County Tourism receives innovation award

Northern Maine Development Commission has received a 2018 Aliceann Wohlbruck Innovation Award from the National Association of Development Organizations for Aroostook County Tourism’s new efforts to market the region to potential tourists.

5 days ago

Co-conspirator testifies against partner in Aroostook murder trial

A Massachusetts man who has pleaded guilty to a robbery charge connected to the death of an Oakfield man more than two years ago testified Wednesday that he knew he was going to help steal drugs from the victim even before he got to Maine.

5 days ago

Northern Light hosts public forum to seek input on hospital issues

Officials from Northern Light A.R. Gould Hospital hosted a forum Wednesday morning at Northern Maine Community College in hopes of expanding the input they receive from community members regarding issues facing the hospital and potential solutions.

5 days ago

Hansen Memorial Library plans holiday events

Photographer Paul Cyr will be doing a presentation at the Walter T. A. Hansen Memorial Library in Mars Hill on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 1 p.m.

5 days ago

Late fall storms bring winter weather, outages

After more than 4,300 Emera Maine customers lost power in eastern and northern Maine amid a late fall snow storm Tuesday, meteorologists with the National Weather Service announced that another potential storm is brewing for this weekend.

5 days ago

Fort Fairfield biomass plant shuts down

After winding down this fall, the ReEnergy biomass plant in Fort Fairfield ended operations on Sunday, Nov. 11, amid a falling market for biomass electricity.

5 days ago

Farm to host first off-season market

Micmac Farms of Caribou will welcome farms from across the Crown of Maine to their first ever off-season market on Saturday, Nov. 17.