Though the Crown of Maine Balloon Festival kicked off Thursday evening without the scheduled balloon launch, due to weather patterns, organizers thus far expect all other flights to happen as planned.
The Aroostook Centre Mall is home to a new store specializing in television, internet and cell phone packages in partnership with both local and national carriers.
Northern Light A.R. Gould Hospital has announced it will no longer provide local 911 ambulance services as of Jan. 1, 2020.
When Karen Cox stopped her car at a stoplight on Main Street in Presque Isle, next to the shopping area that houses Boulevard Graphix, she knew that the former GiftSmart location would be the ideal place to begin her own hair and tanning salon.
When Derik Smith served as a crew member for Ontario-based hot air balloon pilot Bill Whelan in 2004, he never expected that 15 years later he would be a licensed pilot, flying through the Aroostook skies with his own balloon named Queen of Hearts.
Hundreds of people from Native American communities in Maine, Canada and New England came to celebrate cultural traditions during the Aroostook Band of Micmac’s 25th annual Mawiomi of Tribes Aug. 16-18.
The third annual Recovery Rocks event, hosted by Life By Design, Recovery Aroostook, Roads to Recovery Community Center in Caribou and Aroostook Mental Health Center, will bring together people from the local community to share stories of hope and recovery surrounding substance abuse disorders.
For Henry Dahl and Justin Hatch, missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spending time in central Aroostook County has meant reaching out to people and lending a few helping hands for those who need it most.
Lynwood Carmen, a native of Wade and a Vietnam veteran, now lives in Missouri but decided to travel to Washburn this past week, not only for Washburn August Festival events but also to see firsthand a special replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
The new Zillman Family Greenhouse at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, which will serve the university’s recently established agricultural science and agribusiness program, is on track for completion this fall, according to UMPI officials.
