8 years ago
Manufacturing companies seek workers
Finding the right employees and enough of them is one of the top issues on the minds of managers at the region’s industrial and manufacturing companies.
Stories by Anthony Brino
8 years ago
Easton takes former clinic owner to court
Town leaders are trying to recoup more than $100,000 that was loaned to the former owners of a now-closed health clinic
8 years ago
Island Falls manager to take job for tri-towns
The communities of Castle Hill, Chapman and Mapleton have found a new town manager, Dave Dionne, the current town manager of Island Falls.
8 years ago
Two acts of vandalism reported in PI
Among two incidents in mid-April, police are still investigating a burglary and vandalism on the University of Maine campus.
8 years ago
Proposal to gut subsidized air service rankles Presque Isle business leaders
Tyler Player and his staff at the Presque Isle wood products engineering company Player Design regularly fly from Presque Isle to Boston and onto other locations to meet business clients.
8 years ago
Mapleton Elementary makes sense to keep open, MSAD 1 officials say
At MSAD 1’s recent right-sizing hearing, the question came up: Should Mapleton Elementary also be on the table on table for closure along with other schools in the five-community district?
8 years ago
Proposal to gut subsidized air service rankles County business leaders
Tyler Player and his staff at the Presque Isle wood products engineering company Player Design regularly fly from Northern Maine Regional Airport to Boston and onto other locations to meet business clients.
8 years ago
Presque Isle startup company bringing drones to farming
Chris Carroll has been flying planes in Aroostook County since he was 15, and now he’s joining the growing ranks of entrepreneurs pitching a new kind of aviation technology to farmers.
8 years ago
Northern border agency that brought $5 million plus to Maine is on chopping block
Among the 62 agencies and programs proposed for elimination by President Donald Trump is the Northern Border Regional Commission, a relatively new federal-state agency that has funnelled more than $5 million to rural Maine projects since 2010.
8 years ago
Bill would grant Amish Mainers an exemption from hunting with orange blaze
Hoping to avoid seeing a legal confrontation between the Amish and the state government, Rep. Dave McCrea, D-Fort Fairfield, wants to let Amish community members hunt wearing red rather than orange blaze in accordance with their religious customs.
