For many Native Americans across the country, including the Aroostook Band of Micmacs, celebrating Columbus Day is the equivalent of justifying the explorer’s cruelty and violence toward the Native Americans. Read More
Central Aroostook area employers questioned Maine Department of Labor officials Wednesday on how the state’s new employee earned paid leave statute would affect the migrant and other temporary workers they depend on to harvest crops. Read More
A recently released report shows that an estimated 1.4 million tourists visited Aroostook County in 2018, a 6.6 percent increase from 1.3 million people in 2017. Read More
After being absent from its place along Route 1 in Bridgewater since the winter months, the planet Uranus is now set in “orbit” along with the additional seven planets and three dwarf planets in the Maine Solar System Model. Read More
Northern Light A.R. Gould Hospital in Presque Isle has announced that it will no longer be providing 911 ambulance services as of Jan. 1, 2020. Read More
Thanks to the generosity of 7-year-old Fort Fairfield resident Daniel Hood, a local child might soon become the owner of a brand new bicycle. Read More
“If you do that, the years will fly by in a good way.” Read More
The development of Maysville from the early to late 1800s played an important role in shaping what people know today as central Aroostook County. Read More
n hopes of spreading more holiday cheer among residents and businesses this season, the Fort Fairfield Quality of Place Council held its first-ever Celebration of Lights that included a much anticipated home decorating competition and more festive decorations throughout the downtown area. Read More
Presque Isle police officers arrested a local man Thursday afternoon in connection with an alleged domestic incident that involved threatening with a gun. Read More
The early and abundant snowfall in Aroostook County so far this season is taxing the state Transportation Department's budget. Read More
Officials from the Maine Army National Guard and the City of Presque Isle were on hand Thursday afternoon for a groundbreaking ceremony on a 43,400 square foot facility that will house the National Guard’s Northern Maine Readiness Center. Read More
Former Aroostook County residents now living in the path of Hurricane Florence in North Carolina have been busy making preparations and getting ready to ride out the Category 2 storm that already was producing heavy rain and winds on Thursday. Read More
Maine State Police responded to two separate crashes in Oxbow and Masardis on Thursday evening, Aug. 23, one involving a tractor trailer from outside the region and the other an Ashland resident. Read More
