2 days ago
Presque Isle breaks ground on $6M aerospace research park
“[This] really marks the effort to bring the new space economy to our great state,” Maine DOT Director of Aviation Alan Lambert said.
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2 days ago
An Aroostook monument will honor Loring’s guard dogs
The sculpture and memorial installation will be unveiled at Washburn’s Veterans Memorial Park.
3 days ago
Van Buren blaze destroys commercial garage, vehicles
A garage and vehicles were destroyed in a structure fire Thursday in Van Buren.
3 days ago
Father sues Houlton for documents about a police interaction with his child
The town, the Houlton Police Department and Police Chief Tim DeLuca are named in the complaint.
3 days ago
Aroostook needs to boost services for workers, panel says
Attracting workers is only part of the answer. Services that sustain them — transportation, child care, housing — need to be in place, too.
4 days ago
Maine Border Patrol agents arrest 16 in 5 days
On Friday, agents arrested the Indian citizens crossing the border on foot in Bridgewater, four days after arresting 13 Romanian citizens during a traffic stop near Skowhegan.
4 days ago
A Portland band keeps a 5-year promise with Houlton reunion concert
Now, for the first time since the pandemic, the band is coming back together to make good on the performance they missed.
5 days ago
A Caribou cemetery sexton wants to retire. It will take the cemetery’s first meeting in 55 years.
Since 1988, John Somers has been the caretaker of the 17-acre Evergreen Cemetery in Caribou. But he’s in his 80s. His health has reached a point where he cannot continue. It’s time for “somebody to take over,” Somers said. The job of finding his replacement falls to the cemetery board of directors. But there’s a […]
5 days ago
2nd Limestone resident dies after Fort Fairfield crash
A Limestone man died Tuesday evening from injuries suffered in a crash in Fort Fairfield that also killed his wife, Fort Fairfield Police Chief Matthew Cummings said. Pierre Gagne, 72, and Carrie Smith-Gagne, 60, who was driving, were traveling north in a 2023 Chevy Trailblazer on Route 1A near the Limestone town line around 10 […]
5 days ago
Limestone woman dies, 3 others seriously injured in Fort Fairfield crash
A Limestone woman died and three others were severely injured in a crash on Route 1A in Fort Fairfield Tuesday morning, Fort Fairfield Police Chief Matthew Cummings said in a release. The area around 854 Limestone Road was closed until about 3 p.m. as police worked at the scene. Limestone residents Amber Turcotte, 25, and […]
