1 hour 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.

17 hours ago

Kids can soon board Wintergreen Express

Wintergreen Arts Center announces that popular holiday event The Wintergreen Express will take off two weekends in December.

19 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.

21 hours ago

Let’s Go! recognizes County sites

Let’s Go! Aroostook, a program of Aroostook County Action Program, announced that they now have 17 schools, six out-of-school programs, 41 child care programs and five health care practices throughout Aroostook County

2 days ago

Well Elder Tea held at Northern Maine Community College

Northern Maine Community College recently held its annual Well Elder Tea.

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

School board needs input from residents to make best decisions

I want to say thank you to all the voters who re-elected me to the MSAD 1 School Board.

2 days ago

When the winter learning curve is more of a mobius strip

We got our first measurable snow on Rusty Metal Farm Oct. 24, about a week or so after the first real cold temperatures of the season blew in.

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.

2 days ago

Why I am proud to serve with the Red Cross

An unusual heat wave blanketed North Carolina, the humidity as dense as a brick wall. Huge mosquitoes buzzed around looking for their next meal. Everywhere was the overwhelming stench of things rotting and stewing in the streets.

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

Maine DOE to recognize bilingual students upon graduation

During a special announcement at the Maine State House on Oct. 29, Commissioner Robert G. Hasson Jr. of the Maine Department of Education announced a new award for graduating bilingual students beginning in June 2019.

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

Washburn District High School students explore local history

Washburn District High School freshmen recently visited the Benjamin C. Wilder and Aroostook Agricultural Museum.

3 days ago

County native joins Wintergreen board

Wintergreen Arts Center recently welcomed Tara Smith Vighetti to its board of directors.

3 days ago

Federal funds boost youth counseling

The Aroostook Band of Micmacs has received nearly $1 million in federal funds over the course of the next five years to confront the critical threat of suicide and substance abuse. Some of those funds will help the Presque Isle Boys and Girls Club provide counseling to members.

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

Man who killed father in Masardis wins release from state custody

Michael MacDonald, who was found not criminally responsible for the 2004 murder of his father in Masardis, was released by a judge from state custody Thursday after officials determined he has been rehabilitated.