3 months ago
Huskies summer football is underway
The Aroostook Huskies have started their co-ed flag football program for kids in grades K-6.
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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
2 Aroostook County hospitals have agreed to share a CEO
There’s a major new partnership between two previously unaffiliated Aroostook County hospitals.
3 months ago
Maine unorganized territory residents stunned by property value hikes
At the end of April, the state revenue services mailed letters informing owners that their properties in the unorganized territory had been reassessed.
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
Turkey decoys are essential to success
It’s been my studied opinion that decoys are the prime tool to tagging a big Tom.
4 months ago
Caribou gets $4M from feds to clean up hazardous power plant site
The defunct power plant on lower Lyndon Street has been vacant for 13 years and contains metals, asbestos and other dangerous materials.
4 months ago
A Maine online farmer’s market expands in Aroostook County
The online farmer’s market eliminates uncertainty and waste for farmers because they know what has been ordered versus projecting what they might sell at a farm stand or farmer’s market.
