3 months ago

MSSM graduates Class of 2025

The Class of 2025 graduated on Saturday, May 31, from the Maine School of Science and Mathematics in Limestone.

3 months ago

Federal Job Corps closures include 2 Maine locations

The federally funded Job Corps training centers in Bangor and Limestone, along with nearly 100 other sites across the country, will close at the end of the month. The U.S. Department of Labor will start a “phased pause in operations” of its 99 contract-operated Job Corps sites on June 30, the agency announced Thursday. The […]

3 months ago

Caribou council considers more cuts in wake of higher mill rate

The council passed a $12.5 million budget in March, which will raise the tax rate by 2.5 mills. Increases from Aroostook County tax and RSU 39 school funding will raise it by another 1.7 mills.

3 months ago

Cannabis business can continue while Caribou leaders mull laws

At issue is an August 2024 ruling from Maine’s Office of Cannabis Policy that now requires municipalities to approve medical cannabis dispensaries as caregiver retail stores.

3 months ago

Gas leak forces balloon explorers to land early after Maine takeoff

The Torabhaig Atlantic Explorer made an early landing in Prince Edward Island.

3 months ago

Balloon launches from Maine on historic trans-Atlantic flight

Aroostook County might seem an unlikely place for a quest of international proportions, but this isn’t the first time Presque Isle has made ballooning history.