9 years ago
Bigrock kicks off start of winter season
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.
Stories by Anthony Brino
9 years ago
Head-on crash closes U.S. Route 1
The Maine State Police are investigating what led to a crash Friday afternoon between a pick-up truck and a tractor trailer in the Aroostook County town of Blaine.
9 years ago
Police seek help locating stolen truck
The Maine State Police are asking the public to help find a Ford pick-up truck that was stolen from a driveway on the State Road in Castle Hill.
9 years ago
Washburn police find suspect in two burglaries
Washburn police find suspect in two burglaries
WASHBURN, Maine — A 31-year-old Washburn man has been accused of breaking into two homes in the town and stealing a rifle, among other things.
9 years ago
Storms open trails, send cars off road
December begins with thick blanket of snow
The snowy start to December is delighting skiers and snowmobilers, but also offering cautionary driving tales for during and after snowstorms.
9 years ago
New plant manager settling in at Maibec
Kevin Paradis
MASARDIS, Maine — Kevin Paradis has been working as a logger and in lumber mills for much of his life, and he’s now overseeing one of the largest in northern Maine’s Route 11 forestry cluster.
9 years ago
State geologist favors smart mining
Early geologists first mapped Maine’s landscape in 1837 and later generations did bedrock surveys and traced the state’s history back half a billion years.
Today, the Maine Geological Survey has a varied mission spanning everything from groundwater education and erosion control to sea level rise and research. Maine state geologist Robert Marvinney joined the agency in 1987, as the state agency was wrapping up a large-scale mapping of major aquifers that 70 municipal drinking water systems now use, and he said he’s never been bored.
9 years ago
Grants to help Maine’s tribes
The Aroostook Band of Micmacs and the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians are receiving federal grants of more than $200,000, with the aim of growing businesses.
9 years ago
Storms open trails, send cars off road
Cold weather in store as December begins with blanket of snow
The snowy start to December is delighting skiers and snowmobilers, but also offering cautionary driving tales for during and after snow storms.
9 years ago
Washburn police find suspect
WASHBURN, Maine — Police accused a 31-year-old Washburn man of breaking into two homes in the town and stealing a rifle, among other things.
