4 days ago

County school districts look at ways to attract substitute bus drivers amidst shortage

With an aging population and shrinking workforce, many school districts in central Aroostook County are struggling to address a need for bus drivers.

1 week ago

Mid-week winter storm dropped over a foot of snow, with more expected Friday

The latest winter storm that moved through northern Maine on Wednesday, Feb. 13, gave most areas of Aroostook County another foot or more of fresh snow, according to the National Weather Service in Caribou.

4 weeks ago

County Faces: Kim Guerrette Michaud

From the time that Kim Guerrette Michaud of Mapleton was growing up in Presque Isle, her family ensured that community involvement was an important part of her everyday life.

4 weeks ago

Heating assistance programs available to County residents through ACAP

Although the winter season is halfway over in northern Maine, many folks might still qualify for home heating assistance through services offered by the Aroostook County Action Program.

1 month ago

County Faces: Sarah Brooks of Nashville Plantation

Whether she is tending to horses on her farm in Nashville Plantation, helping students prepare for college or leading a trip to Quebec City, Sarah Brooks has most enjoyed using her passions for the outdoors, education and history to give back to the Aroostook County communities that raised her.

1 month ago

Tractor-trailer loaded with potatoes goes off road during storm in Masardis

A tractor-trailer loaded with potatoes rolled over on Route 11 in Masardis during a snowstorm Wednesday afternoon when the driver attempted to pass a snowplow that had pulled over to the side of the road to let other vehicles go by, according to the Maine State Police.

2 months ago

Local Pokemon enthusiast shares love of game through ‘professor’ program, league

Floyd Rockholt, owner of Eagle Hill Stamps and Coins in Presque Isle, has been playing Pokemon card games since 2000, a hobby that progressed naturally from his love of collecting baseball and comic book cards, stamps and coins.

2 months ago

Paralegal looks back on nearly 45 years of serving Aroostook County folks

When Bonnie Steeves, a senior paralegal for Pine Tree Legal in Presque Isle, was preparing to graduate from high school in the late 1960s, she never imagined that one day she would be retiring from a lengthy career in the legal services field in which she advocated for numerous folks in central Aroostook.

2 months ago

Valley school officials share successes with restorative justice at Presque Isle conference

Two Fort Kent Elementary School teachers were among the presenters who shared their successes with restorative justice in educational settings during a conference at the University of Maine at Presque Isle on Wednesday, Dec. 12.

2 months ago

Police charge Madawaska man with OUI following accident in Presque Isle

The Presque Isle Police Department arrested a 22-year-old Madawaska man in Presque Isle early Thursday morning in connection with a single-vehicle crash near the Presque Isle-Caribou city line.