MADAWASKA, Maine – About 75 packed into the Madawaska High School gym on June 24 for the town’s annual meeting, in which they approved a $9.96 million municipal budget and three new ordinances. The budget is up by roughly $910,137 this year, with major increases including an additional $254,385 for the town’s ambulance department, an […]
FORT KENT, Maine – Officials in three Aroostook County school districts are making additional cuts after voters rejected their budgets. Caribou-based RSU 39 voters rejected their school budget earlier this month, and the school board has since recommended a budget with a $60,000 reduction. The district will hold a public budget meeting on July 1 […]
SHERMAN, Maine — Two or three times a month, the regulars travel two or more hours to dine at the Aroostook County restaurant in the 135-year-old purple Victorian mansion. After opening last year, Sherman’s quirky Salted Butter Farm restaurant now draws big crowds from both the northern- and southernmost parts of the state, said Jenny […]
A federal judge in Manhattan Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration — at least for now — from continuing its effort to shut down Job Corps, the nation’s largest job training program for low-income young adults which has two training centers in Maine. “Once Congress has passed legislation stating that a program […]
The world’s biggest online retailer, Amazon, is opening a warehouse in Caribou to speed up delivery times in northern Maine, a company spokesperson confirmed to the Bangor Daily News Wednesday. “We’re close to completing construction work on a small delivery station that will support faster delivery and better service to customers in Caribou and across […]
For 30 years until last October, Sonja Eyler worked as a librarian, a profession she chose because it put her on “the front lines of literature.” A career change put her a quarter mile down the street on the front lines of municipal government. The city of Presque Isle hired Eyler to be its assistant […]
HOULTON, Maine — An Aroostook County town is turning its controversial surveillance cameras back on this week, following more than a year of public backlash about their use. The 50-plus cameras, equipped with technology that can identify facial characteristics, led to a year-long public saga about the legality of their use. The subsequent public outrage […]
HOULTON, Maine – One of Aroostook County’s biggest summer events that draws close to 8,000 kicks off next Thursday, July 3. For the 29th year, Midnight Madness will feature food, vendors, artisans, game booths, three bands and grand finale fireworks in downtown Houlton. This year’s theme, Treasure Island, has inspired vendors, said event organiser Jane […]
Two weeks after voters resoundingly rejected its 2025-26 budget, the Caribou-based RSU 39 School Board went back to the drawing board Monday, recommending a budget that reduces impact on taxpayers by roughly $60,000. That budget will now go to a budget meeting for a public vote on July 1, followed by a second referendum on […]
As temperatures soar into the 80s and 90s in Aroostook County and throughout the state of Maine Tuesday, many local towns are opening cooling centers to help residents beat the heat. These spaces offer air conditioning and a place for people to rest and hydrate to escape dangerous weather as high humidity combines with heat. […]
