Ashland shingle maker to keep Maine presence
Ecoshel, the Ashland-based maker of cedar shingles, is moving its red cedar shingle business to British Columbia, but still has plans for its facilities in Ashland and Portland.
Ecoshel, the Ashland-based maker of cedar shingles, is moving its red cedar shingle business to British Columbia, but still has plans for its facilities in Ashland and Portland.
In an effort to make central Aroostook County’s roads safer for everyone, a group in Fort Fairfield and the local Amish community are sharing tips for sharing the road.
Carol Bell of Presque Isle driving a 1950s-era Ford 8N tractor on a teeter-totter during tractor games at the Northern Maine Fair Monday, July 31.
U.S. Route 1 in Bridgewater was closed to traffic for about an hour Tuesday afternoon after a driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a utility pole, according to the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office.
With one of the first coworking spaces in northern Maine, Lillie Lavado is trying to solve some of the problems facing working parents and mothers especially.
While many farmers and gardeners are hoping for rain soon, the late July dry spell isn’t unusual, according to the National Weather Service.
There are a lot of crops growing at the SAD 1 School Farm, including a number of research trials underway in collaboration with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension.
Despite the recent dry weather, the highly-problematic potato disease late blight was found in central Aroostook County.
Before his tour of Aroostook County, Zippy Duvall, a Georgia beef and chicken farmer and president of the American Farm Bureau, said he had never been as far north in the Northeast.
Some of the antique tractors that will be on display at the Northern Maine Fair