1 year ago

UMFK honors those who served with early Veterans Day event

The event began with an introduction from Student Life Coordinator Stacy Martin, who introduced nursing student Rebekah Sanchez to sing the National Anthem.

1 year ago

Disney artist creates huge hero paintings for Aroostook students

With a series of brush strokes, jumps and hand tossed paint splatters, Rob Surette transformed 6-foot-tall black canvases into vibrant portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King and Albert Einstein.

1 year ago

Presque Isle awards airport terminal bids

Councilors voted to award the terminal apron project to Soderberg Construction of Caribou for $4,252,325 and the building construction bid to A/Z Corp, a Cianbro subsidiary, for $38,455,000.

1 year ago

Presque Isle police to receive new bulletproof gear

The department will receive $55,000 from the city’s American Rescue Plan Act funds to provide new ballistic vests and gear that will stop high-powered rifle rounds.

1 year ago

Limestone passes ATV ordinance, tables vote on road commissioner

ATV riders will need to use the “500-yard rule” when traveling on Main Street, Grand Falls Road, Access Highway, Van Buren Road, Fort Fairfield Road, Albert Road, Murphy Road and Noyes Road.

1 year ago

Towns choose municipal, school leaders

Fort Fairfield residents elected two town councilors and two members of the SAD 20 school board.

1 year ago

Trump and Theriault carry central Aroostook vote

Austin Theriault captured Aroostook County, but Jared Golden eventually won the state by a narrow margin of about 3,000 votes.

1 year ago

Frenchville, St. Agatha both strongly approve tech center funding

In Frenchville, 432 voters approved the funding while 58 voted against it and seven left the space blank. In St. Agatha, 286 voted in favor of the funding, 32 voted against it.