With Aroostook County continuing to see an aging population, residents and community organizers are taking steps to improve quality of life and community engagement for their oldest citizens.
For the third consecutive year, SAD 1 is expecting to keep its fiscal year budget flat, resulting in no increase in local property taxes.
The Aroostook Band of Micmacs have reelected current chief Edward Peter-Paul to another four-year term as tribal chief.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The University of Maine at Presque Isle celebrated its graduates virtually for the second time with a prerecorded video ceremony on May 8.
On Saturday Northern Maine Community College celebrated the resiliency of students, families, faculty and staff members in a virtual graduation ceremony.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — With new grant funding secured, Aroostook County Action Program is working to create a program that will connect homeless youth to stable housing and other community services.
Five community members are in the running for chief of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs, all with goals to create greater economic growth, expand health and wellness services for elders and youth and promote stronger community involvement and ties with tribal leaders.
When Thomas Ward of Masardis realized that he had lost much of his hearing, he thought he might have to retire from the Maine Warden Service and give up many of the social gatherings he once enjoyed.
The Maine Potato Blossom Festival committee is finalizing the line-up for the festival’s return, which will include numerous family-related and agricultural events.
Springtime in Aroostook County is fiddlehead picking season, when people scour their backyards or a nearby riverside hoping to find and harvest the famous green ferns as vegetables.
