For many people in all regions of Aroostook County, having enough food to get through each month is not always as simple as buying whatever they need at the grocery store.
Thirty years ago a group of nine community members with various professional and local experiences in theater came together with a mission: to perform at least two productions per year and showcase the theatrical talents of everyday folks in the Presque Isle area.
For many generations, beading has been a common practice in Native American artwork for creating earrings, necklaces and beaded accessories for traditional tribe regalia.
Carol Ayoob hopes to bring that message of empowerment back as part of a new theater program for today’s young girls.
With well over 100 inches of snowfall so far this winter, the Presque Isle Public Works crew has worked longer hours and stretched the department’s budget.
The latest storm has now placed Caribou’s total snowfall at 131.1 inches for the 2018-19 winter season.
With an aging population and shrinking workforce, many school districts in central Aroostook County are struggling to address a need for bus drivers.
Crews from Northern Light A.R. Gould Hospital finished building a giant snowman near the Academy Street entrance of the Presque Isle hospital
The latest winter storm that moved through northern Maine on Wednesday, Feb. 13, gave most areas of Aroostook County another foot or more of fresh snow, according to the National Weather Service in Caribou.
When Robert Umphrey, president of Northeast Packaging Company, and his wife Donna took over the business from Donna’s father, William “Bill” Staples in 1993, there were 20 employees and the most of the company’s customers were based on the east coast of the U.S.
