4 weeks ago
Presque Isle breaks ground on $6M aerospace research park
“[This] really marks the effort to bring the new space economy to our great state,” Maine DOT Director of Aviation Alan Lambert said.
Stories by Cameron Levasseur
4 weeks ago
Van Buren blaze destroys commercial garage, vehicles
A garage and vehicles were destroyed in a structure fire Thursday in Van Buren.
1 month ago
A Caribou cemetery sexton wants to retire. It will take the cemetery’s first meeting in 55 years.
Since 1988, John Somers has been the caretaker of the 17-acre Evergreen Cemetery in Caribou. But he’s in his 80s. His health has reached a point where he cannot continue. It’s time for “somebody to take over,” Somers said. The job of finding his replacement falls to the cemetery board of directors. But there’s a […]
1 month ago
2nd Limestone resident dies after Fort Fairfield crash
A Limestone man died Tuesday evening from injuries suffered in a crash in Fort Fairfield that also killed his wife, Fort Fairfield Police Chief Matthew Cummings said. Pierre Gagne, 72, and Carrie Smith-Gagne, 60, who was driving, were traveling north in a 2023 Chevy Trailblazer on Route 1A near the Limestone town line around 10 […]
1 month ago
Limestone woman dies, 3 others seriously injured in Fort Fairfield crash
A Limestone woman died and three others were severely injured in a crash on Route 1A in Fort Fairfield Tuesday morning, Fort Fairfield Police Chief Matthew Cummings said in a release. The area around 854 Limestone Road was closed until about 3 p.m. as police worked at the scene. Limestone residents Amber Turcotte, 25, and […]
1 month ago
BIW uses virtual reality to teach Aroostook campers to paint and weld
As skilled laborers age into retirement and fewer younger workers appear to take their places, the number of U.S. tradespeople is shrinking. That’s why, in a dimly lit gymnasium more than four hours from their shipyard Friday, instructors from Bath Iron Works taught 12-year-olds in Limestone how to weld. A hands-on workshop allowed children attending […]
1 month ago
2 dwarf planets are joining Maine’s roadside model of the solar system
Ever since the International Astronomical Union recognized Haumea and Makemake as dwarf planets in 2008, University of Maine at Presque Isle Emeritus Geology Professor Kevin McCartney has wanted to add them to the Maine Solar System Model, a project of his design that stretches from the university to Topsfield. On Tuesday, that goal came into […]
1 month ago
Longtime Caribou marijuana business upended by state law change
Sitting in the back row of the Caribou City Council chambers, Derrell Richardson wrung his hands. For the past four months, the flagship location of his medical cannabis business, Richardson Remedies, in Caribou had been upended by changes to a state cannabis law. Richardson had done all he could to fix it. Now the onus […]
1 month ago
Caribou ATV club hosting ‘Ride for a Cure’ to benefit cancer patients
Twenty-five years ago, Brandy Marchetti was chipping away at the supervised hours she needed to get her driver’s license. Her aunt — who was battling breast cancer — became a frequent companion. “She’s like, ‘I just had treatment, you need to go and get your hours in for driving, let’s go for a ride,’” Marchetti […]
1 month ago
3 towns hope to better market Maine’s most unique municipal arrangement|
Since 1992, the towns have shared the same budget, town office, town employees, website, fire department, highway department, recreation department and community services .
