A number of factors have played a role in fire departments being unable to recruit as many volunteer firefighters as in past years, according to two local fire chiefs.
On Wednesday, a daylong conference held by New Ventures Maine brought over 100 County students to Northern Maine Community College, hoping to expose girls to nontraditional career options.
During a goal setting workshop on April 11, Presque Isle city councilors and department officials voted on what they believed to be high-priority goals for 2019, with economic development and potential City Hall improvements among the top five picks.
Members of the Caribou City Council recently honored numerous volunteers for their service to the city as well as high school choral students and writers who have won state and local competitions.
An artist who is in the process of moving to Aroostook County recently opened an exhibit at the University of Maine at Presque Isle that shows her affection for her new home through landscape paintings of various times and seasons.
On April 7, 1986, Connie Michaud began her career with the City of Caribou as the motor vehicle agent, later adding assistant clerk to her many duties.
Throughout her 40-year teaching career in Aroostook County, Mabel Desmond of Mapleton practiced what she believed to be her most important motto: Always be kind.
During their Monday, April 8, meeting, the Caribou City Council voted to not have the Caribou Ecumenical Food Pantry be responsible for plumbing expenses that have arisen at the city-owned property at 60 Access Highway, where the pantry has tried unsuccessfully to relocate in recent weeks.
During a Wednesday breakfast meeting hosted by the Central Aroostook Chamber of Commerce, Paul Towle, president and CEO of Aroostook Partnership, gave an overview of the organization’s short and long-term goals for economic development in Aroostook County.
Major changes in the Earth’s climate 18,000 years ago do not seem much different than the changes that scientists say today have warmed the surface of the Earth at unprecedented rates.
