2 months ago
12 to lose jobs as NMG shuts down
Cost-cutting measures and staff recruitment efforts have not been enough to save Northern Maine General operations.
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3 months ago
Local restaurant to fill Ruby Tuesday space at Aroostook mall
The recently vacated Ruby Tuesday space at Presque Isle’s Aroostook Centre Mall will soon welcome diners again.
3 months ago
Here’s what we know about the Valley’s second chance at a combined school
“I do believe that future funding for these projects is going to come at a higher local cost than it has in the past,” Superintendent Ben Sirois said.
3 months ago
‘The moose is loose’ as Houlton gears up for 30th annual winter fest
In its nearly 30-year run, generations of families have returned to the traditional end-of-winter blow-out.
3 months ago
Caribou’s fire station has no sprinklers or fire alarm. A $2.5M upgrade will change that.
“Everybody has the thought, ‘Well, it’s a fire station. You don’t need a sprinkler system.’ But you actually do,” Fire Chief Brian Lajoie said.
3 months ago
Don’t have Valentine’s Day plans? Try eating alligator while ice fishing in northern Maine.
Part kids ice fishing derby, part alligator cookout, the event will take place on Saturday, Feb. 14.
3 months ago
Madawaska officials launch budget plan
The Select Board and finance committee will start exploring budget figures during their next joint meeting on Feb. 10.
3 months ago
Development director named Houlton interim town manager
“We have had a lot of transitions and uncertainties, really for the last couple of years, and [it’s important] to just have people feel like there is some stability.”
3 months ago
Product of Maine marijuana chain expanding to Aroostook tests positive for pesticides
A chain of Maine medical marijuana dispensaries that is planning to open a location in Presque Isle was subject of the first-ever patient advisory issued by state cannabis regulators last week after products sold in its Waterville store tested positive for pesticides. Strains of five concentrates sold by MarijuanaVille, which operates 12 medical dispensaries mostly […]
3 months ago
A longtime fixture on Presque Isle’s Main Street is for sale
The brothers ran the restaurant — and later a separate retail storefront in the same building — for more than four decades.
