8 months ago
An Aroostook monument will honor Loring’s guard dogs
The sculpture and memorial installation will be unveiled at Washburn’s Veterans Memorial Park.
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8 months ago
Van Buren blaze destroys commercial garage, vehicles
A garage and vehicles were destroyed in a structure fire Thursday in Van Buren.
8 months ago
Father sues Houlton for documents about a police interaction with his child
The town, the Houlton Police Department and Police Chief Tim DeLuca are named in the complaint.
8 months ago
Aroostook needs to boost services for workers, panel says
Attracting workers is only part of the answer. Services that sustain them — transportation, child care, housing — need to be in place, too.
8 months ago
Maine Border Patrol agents arrest 16 in 5 days
On Friday, agents arrested the Indian citizens crossing the border on foot in Bridgewater, four days after arresting 13 Romanian citizens during a traffic stop near Skowhegan.
8 months ago
A Portland band keeps a 5-year promise with Houlton reunion concert
Now, for the first time since the pandemic, the band is coming back together to make good on the performance they missed.
8 months ago
A Caribou cemetery sexton wants to retire. It will take the cemetery’s first meeting in 55 years.
Since 1988, John Somers has been the caretaker of the 17-acre Evergreen Cemetery in Caribou.
8 months ago
2nd Limestone resident dies after Fort Fairfield crash
A Limestone man died Tuesday evening from injuries suffered in a crash in Fort Fairfield that also killed his wife, Fort Fairfield Police Chief Matthew Cummings said. Pierre Gagne, 72, and Carrie Smith-Gagne, 60, who was driving, were traveling north in a 2023 Chevy Trailblazer on Route 1A near the Limestone town line around 10 […]
8 months ago
Limestone woman dies, 3 others seriously injured in Fort Fairfield crash
A Limestone woman died and three others were severely injured in a crash on Route 1A in Fort Fairfield Tuesday morning, Fort Fairfield Police Chief Matthew Cummings said in a release. The area around 854 Limestone Road was closed until about 3 p.m. as police worked at the scene. Limestone residents Amber Turcotte, 25, and […]
8 months ago
BIW uses virtual reality to teach Aroostook campers to paint and weld
As skilled laborers age into retirement and fewer younger workers appear to take their places, the number of U.S. tradespeople is shrinking. That’s why, in a dimly lit gymnasium more than four hours from their shipyard Friday, instructors from Bath Iron Works taught 12-year-olds in Limestone how to weld. A hands-on workshop allowed children attending […]
