4 hours ago

Births at Cary Medical Center, June 2019

The following births were recently announced at Cary Medical Center.

5 hours ago

Rotary meets, Homecoming plans underway in Mars Hill

The Mars Hill Rotary met on Tuesday, July 9, with guest speaker Rick Duncan from the Aroostook House of Comfort.  

6 hours ago

PROBUS Club learns about airport operation

The Aroostook Probus Club held their monthly meeting on July 18 at Reed Commons on the Northern Maine Community College campus.  

6 hours ago

Maine Community Foundation appoints new board leaders

Gregg Collins of Caribou was recently appointed vice chairperson of the Maine Community Foundation board of directors. 

11 hours ago

Maine Potato Blossom Festival comes alive with fiddlers and circus theme

Downtown Fort Fairfield was filled with lively fiddlers and young circus acts on Wednesday evening as part of many mid-week activities during the 72nd annual Maine Potato Blossom Festival.

22 hours ago

Health system board elects County members

The Northern Light Health board of directors held their annual meeting recently in Brewer, during which they chose officers and directors for the coming year.

22 hours ago

The moose that melted our hearts when she befriended a German shepherd has died

A young moose that won the hearts and minds of people across the state when she made fast friends with a German shepherd last year has died.

1 day ago

Weekly digital jigsaw puzzle — Potato Barrels — Star-Herald

Visitors to Main Street in Fort Fairfield were greeted with this patriotic stack of potato barrels during the kick-off to the Maine Potato Blossom Festival on Saturday.

1 day ago

Presque Isle utility still awaiting PFOS tests

The Presque Isle Utility District’s wastewater sludge is piling up while it waits for the results of soil tests for the synthetic chemical PFOS before it can resume spreading the material on its hayfields.

1 day ago

Presque Isle Elks receive first-place for Best Community Activities Project

The Presque Isle Elks Lodge 1954 recently received the first-place award for the Best Community Activities Project from the convention activities committee at the Elks Grand Lodge Convention in St. Louis, Missouri, for Presque Isle's 2018 July 4th Community Celebration.

1 day ago

Aroostook-born Air Force retiree pole vaults, races in senior games

After competing in the National Senior Games in June, Winston Crandall was settling into mid-July with a road trip from Albuquerque to his home state of Maine.

2 days ago

A reality check

It occurs to me that I haven’t contributed a column to the newspaper in a while. That doesn’t mean I haven’t written things. I have, but thought better of it; mostly items criticizing the latest Trumpian gaffe. The echo chamber can be deafening at times. 

2 days ago

E. A. Williams cartoon — July 10, 2019

E. A. Williams cartoon — July 10, 2019

2 days ago

Presque Isle are From Our Files – Week of July 15, 2019

101 Years Ago - July 18, 1918 YMCA -- Professor Wilson of International Law, Harvard College, was in Presque Isle and spoke in Municipal Hall to a select audience, men who were eligible to YMCA work, or who were interested in the great work

2 days ago

Central Aroostook wins tournament

Central Aroostook captured the 2019 S.W. Collins Caribou Classic Girls 7-vs-7 Soccer Tournament July 7.

2 days ago

Winnie’s restaurant offering free meals to those in need

If someone in The County needs a meal but can’t pay for it, Dustin Mancos said to head over to Winnie’s. 

3 days ago

Feline thyroid disease

Hello to all. Summer is finally here in Aroostook County, and it has been a hot one.  Hope you all are keeping your fur babies in out of the heat. Mine are happy being inside with the air conditioner going.

3 days ago

Presque Isle man pleads not guilty to passing fake bills last year

A Presque Isle man accused of passing fake $50 bills last year pleaded not guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to two counts of passing or attempting to pass counterfeit money in the Star City.