3 hours ago

Drug and burglary related crimes dominate grand jury indictments

The Aroostook County grand jury recently indicted 25 individuals for various alleged crimes throughout the region.

3 hours ago

Katahdin Trust named to ‘Best Places to Work in Maine’ list

Katahdin Trust Company was recently named as one of the 2018 Best Places to Work in Maine.

3 hours ago

Retired Educators to meet in Caribou

The Aroostook Retired Educators Association will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 25, at the Caribou Inn and Convention Center.

6 hours ago

Eagles hand Huskies third consecutive loss

Quarterback Michael Brigman threw three touchdown passes, but the Aroostook Huskies’ high school football team fell short in its first home game of the season played Saturday, Sept. 15, at Northern Maine Community College.

6 hours ago

County Faces: Jim Gardner of Easton

Born in the former Presque Isle hospital that is now City Hall, Jim Gardner of Easton has spent much of his life working in the public sector.

10 hours ago

Keep farmers closer

T-shirts, like bumper stickers, shrink-wrap extensive concepts into short, pithy slogans.

10 hours ago

Mars Hill mulls craft fair possibility

The Mars Hill and Blaine Homecoming Committee met recently and is looking into doing a fall craft fair in early November if there is enough interest.

10 hours ago

Eight complete training in mechanized logging

Graduates of Maine’s only post-secondary training program for operators of mechanized logging equipment were recognized Friday, Sept. 14, at a ceremony held in the woods southeast of Ashland, where they have spent weeks harvesting timber using sophisticated state-of-the-art machines like those they will encounter in the logging industry.

11 hours ago

Petition calls for resignation of former Maine bishop

An online petition is calling for the resignation of the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, New York, who has so far resisted all calls to resign.

13 hours ago

Elizabeth Nelson Ervin

Elizabeth Nelson Ervin, 43, passed away on September 11, 2018, at the Aroostook House of Comfort in Presque Isle, Maine. Elizabeth was born March 4, 1975, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Daniel and Sherry (Jones) Nelson

13 hours ago

Merwin E. Welch

Merwin E. Welch, 88, passed away on Thursday, September 13, 2018, at the Maine Veteran's Home in Caribou.

13 hours ago

Christopher Duncan Griffiths

Christopher Duncan Griffiths, the son of David and Roberta Griffiths of Presque Isle, died on August 28, 2018, after a long period of declining health. He was born on September 19, 1967, in Presque Isle.

13 hours ago

Darwin Earl Condon

Darwin Earl Condon, age 84, departed this life on September 9, 2018. He was born and raised in Mapleton, Maine, and lived most of his life in Presque Isle.

14 hours ago

Michelle Anne Morin Andersen

Michelle Anne Morin Andersen, age 48, of Kamas, Utah, passed away on Sept 11, 2018, in South Jordan, Utah, after a brief struggle with cancer.

14 hours ago

Roger L. Higgins

Roger L. Higgins, 59, of Presque Isle, passed away September 7, 2018, with complications following heart surgery.

14 hours ago

Flora M. Ireland

Flora M. Ireland, 78, of Delphos, OH, formerly of Easton, passed away on Sunday, September 9, 2018, at The Meadows of Delphos.

14 hours ago

Raynold B. (Rick) Tompkins

Raynold B. (Rick) Tompkins died Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick, Me. after a period of declining health.

14 hours ago

Lloyd J. Zwicker

Lloyd J. Zwicker, 92, formerly of Arlington, MA, passed away on Sunday, September 16, 2018, in Presque Isle.