2 weeks ago
Aroostook communities win fight to keep trash services
The move restores a yearslong interlocal agreement and comes after the communities garnered more than 150 signatures on a petition to have their say in the decision
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2 weeks ago
Aroostook farm “matchmaker” invents agriculture trading card game for schools
In a time when budgets are tight and families struggle to put healthy food on the table, the farm game teaches kids and families new options.
2 weeks ago
Houlton nurses say CEO has significantly damaged hospital
“They didn’t show up. All we’ve heard is silence,” several members of the bargaining committee said Wednesday.
2 weeks ago
As Mainers face record-high heating oil prices this winter, Aroostook County will be hit the hardest
A standard 275-gallon tank will cost upwards of $740 more to fill, multiplied by several fillups over the course of a winter.
2 weeks ago
The County gets first-place nods from Maine Press Association
The association presented its annual Better Newspaper Contest awards at the 2026 fall conference, held Oct. 17 in South Portland.
2 weeks ago
Woodstove fire heavily damages Aroostook home
A fire started by a woodstove heavily damaged a Castle Hill home on Saturday. The Mapleton, Castle Hill and Chapman Fire Department received word of the structure fire shortly after 1 p.m., Maine Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Shannon Moss said Monday. It was the second heating-related blaze in three days, the fire department said […]
2 weeks ago
Massive Aroostook wind project may rank among East Coast’s largest
Wind power is again gaining momentum, spurred by the Maine Public Utilities Commission’s recent selection of Clearway for an onshore wind project.
2 weeks ago
Masardis woman accused of trying to burn 2 homes with a lighter
The woman set fires at the home of her ex-partner and at a vacant building, according to an affidavit filed Thursday.
3 weeks ago
Accrediting body decision won’t affect existing UMPI YourPace programs
Accreditors have temporarily limited the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s ability to offer new competency-based educational programs, but that won’t affect existing offerings, University of Maine System officials said. The system previously had permission to bring new programs online without prior approval by the New England Commission of Higher Education. Now, following an investigation […]
3 weeks ago
Accreditor suspends any new offerings within UMPI’s YourPace program
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.” […]
