In an effort to help grassland bird species at several sites around the Aroostook River, Maine wildlife biologists are trying a new tool — prescribed burns that mimic small, natural wildfires.
Easton residents passed two local ordinances at the ballot Tuesday, officially banning recreational marijuana businesses in the town and creating a new local committee focused on school budget issues.
Like most of rural Maine, Mars Hill has its share of homes that could alternatively be considered fixer-uppers or tear-it-downers.
A new town manager has taken the reigns in Washburn with an eye toward inter-governmental collaboration, while the former manager is settling back into the clerk position.
All around Aroostook County are many homes and camps without occupants.
The Aroostook Centre Mall is now in the hands of the previous owner’s mortgage holder, after years of low profits, an exodus of retailers and no other interested parties bidding at a Halloween auction of the property.
The town of Easton could be the first Aroostook County community to ban local retail marijuana businesses, according to town manager Jim Gardner.
After a moderate drought, a fall deluge has replenished the Aroostook River-fed wells that supply approximately 6,000 people with drinking water in Presque Isle.
No interested buyers emerged for the Aroostook Centre Mall at a Halloween auction Tuesday and the property’s mortgage holder bought it for less than one-third of its assessed value.
Northern Maine’s first hospice center is set to open in March, as construction work wraps up adapting a former bank call center into the Aroostook House of Comfort.
