Maine agricultural officials are investigating whether a Woodland Select Board member allowed fertilizer to be spread too close to neighboring properties, allegedly tainting residents’ water supplies.
A member of Woodland’s Select Board was illegally chosen to be the board chair Tuesday night and has since rescinded that position.
The 2023 mill rate will be 22.69 mills per $1,000 of property value, compared with 28 mills in 2022. It’s the lowest mill rate the town has had since 2019 when the rate was 20.62, according to state valuation records.
Woodland’s Select Board voted to accept the resignation of its former chairperson, Harold Tardy, and hold a special election to replace him in December.
Fort Fairfield Police Chief Matthew Cummings arrested 37-year-old David Brewer on West Limestone Road. Cummings had been helping Presque Isle officers search for Brewer after he allegedly fled the scene of an accident involving his 2012 Chevrolet pick-up truck and a UPS delivery truck.
A group of Aroostook business and education leaders is spearheading efforts to create more child care options for a region in desperate need.
Community members can lend their voices to discussions on new ports of entry for Limestone and Fort Fairfield.
Woodland’s Select Board will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 17, after unsuccessful attempts to reschedule their canceled Sept. 19 meeting.
Several longtime business owners in Caribou will retire soon and are hoping younger generations will continue a trend of economic revitalization.
In just two years, middle school students at Limestone Community School have gone ice fishing, downhill skiing, camping, canoeing, hiking, horseback riding and snowshoeing, grown vegetables and made their own maple syrup.
