The city’s 2017 budget includes funding for a new police detective and patrol officer, positions that police chief Matt Irwin said he thinks will improve public safety and issues with overtime.
AUGUSTA, Maine — A Presque Isle police officer acted in self-defense and “reasonably believed” there was a threat to himself or others when he shot and killed an intoxicated man who was armed with a knife last May, the state attorney general has concluded.
Presque Isle’s community ski hill, Quoggy Jo Ski Club, has received a $25,000 grant from the Mark and Emily Turner Foundation, rounding out a two-year fund-raising campaign.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The CEO of Nickerson & O’Day, the construction company that built the new Sargent Family Community center, has donated $30,000 to support youth programming in Presque Isle.
The latest standardized test scores vary across Maine and Aroostook County schools, but local educators say those results alone shouldn’t be used to judge schools and students.
ASHLAND, Maine — Katahdin Forest Products, the Oakfield-based maker of cedar log homes, is considering expanding its sawmill in Ashland, at the same time that the North American lumber dispute leaves a cloud of uncertainty over the market.
Amid ongoing growth in sales of log homes and fences, Katahdin Forest Products is looking at the possibility of “a significant expansion” at its Ashland mill, said David Gordon, the company’s president.
With some reluctance, a lot of discussion and pledges to save money next year, Presque Isle City Council passed a 2017 municipal budget with a 1 percent tax increase.
EASTON, Maine — Faced with the closure of the town’s only bank and recently created health clinic, Easton’s select board and manager are trying to be proactive in finding ways to fill the gaps that are being left.
MARS HILL, Maine — After last year’s mediocre winter, Bigrock Mountain is open early this year with a bounty of natural snow, pent-up-demand from alpine skiers and a new snow tubing hill.
A recount that Presque Isle City Council candidate Donald Gardner requested has verified the original results in the five-way race for two open council seats.
