A federal judge in Manhattan Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration — at least for now — from continuing its effort to shut down Job Corps, the nation’s largest job training program for low-income young adults which has two training centers in Maine. “Once Congress has passed legislation stating that a program […]
The world’s biggest online retailer, Amazon, is opening a warehouse in Caribou to speed up delivery times in northern Maine, a company spokesperson confirmed to the Bangor Daily News Wednesday. “We’re close to completing construction work on a small delivery station that will support faster delivery and better service to customers in Caribou and across […]
For 30 years until last October, Sonja Eyler worked as a librarian, a profession she chose because it put her on “the front lines of literature.” A career change put her a quarter mile down the street on the front lines of municipal government. The city of Presque Isle hired Eyler to be its assistant […]
Two weeks after voters resoundingly rejected its 2025-26 budget, the Caribou-based RSU 39 School Board went back to the drawing board Monday, recommending a budget that reduces impact on taxpayers by roughly $60,000. That budget will now go to a budget meeting for a public vote on July 1, followed by a second referendum on […]
As temperatures soar into the 80s and 90s in Aroostook County and throughout the state of Maine Tuesday, many local towns are opening cooling centers to help residents beat the heat. These spaces offer air conditioning and a place for people to rest and hydrate to escape dangerous weather as high humidity combines with heat. […]
Huotari, a western Maine native who spent the last five years as director of Bangor’s public works department, took over as Fort Fairfield’s town manager on June 16.
But there’s only one of those in Maine, and Trader Joe’s Outpost would likely fit in its freezer aisle.
Fort Fairfield town councilors voted 5-0 Wednesday to approve a $4.29 million budget.
The council is working to amend an ordinance that outlines its procedures, to eliminate discrepancies in voting requirements between the ordinance and the Presque Isle city charter.
Presque Isle has a new city manager.
