2 years ago
Craft fair and Fall Spectacular are returning to Caribou
Aroostook County’s longest running craft fair and a newer fall-themed event will celebrate the harvest season next weekend.
Stories by Melissa Lizotte
2 years ago
With Aroostook I-95 expansion unlikely, efforts focus on Route 161
The prospect of expanding Interstate 95 through Aroostook County remains unlikely, so the Maine Department of Transportation has set its sights on the first modern upgrade of the region’s existing northern highway system.
2 years ago
Limestone postpones vote on town’s mill rate to next week
Limestone’s Select Board will vote on the town’s 2023 mill rate on Wednesday, Oct. 18, instead of Oct. 11 as originally planned.
2 years ago
Caribou senior ride service wants to expand but needs more drivers
Area seniors could lose access to transportation services if a new Caribou ride service is unable to expand into outlying towns.
2 years ago
Lacking volunteers and money, an Aroostook snowmobile club will disband
Aroostook County has more than 30 snowmobile clubs that maintain local trails, but that number is about to decrease by one, largely due to aging membership.
2 years ago
Caribou might purchase Water Street property destroyed in fire
Caribou officials are considering whether the city should assume ownership of the site where a fatal fire occurred on Water Street in January.
2 years ago
Limestone officials to set the town’s mill rate next week
Limestone’s Select Board will vote on the town’s 2023 mill rate during a special meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 11.
2 years ago
Aroostook County’s 1st Quality Inn will be located in Caribou
A longtime local hotel will soon become a nationally known chain’s first inn located in Aroostook County.
2 years ago
The County’s first ‘DustBowl’ celebrates outdoor sports in northern Maine
After a hugely successful SnowBowl festival in March, that event’s creators brought an ATV and grass drag-themed follow-up to Caribou.
2 years ago
Former Jehovah’s Witness elder found guilty of sexually assaulting minors
A former Jehovah’s Witness elder was found guilty of sexually assaulting two minor children in the early 1990s.
