PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Aroostook County Action Program is proud to announce the receipt of two grants totaling $30,000 that will directly support furnace system repairs and replacements for low-income households in northern Maine. The John T. Gorman Foundation and the Maine Association of Realtors have each awarded funds that will strengthen ACAP’s Home Energy Assistance […]
By Mary Miller HOULTON, Maine — The severe local impacts of proposed federal budget cuts was the message of about 30 protesters in Houlton on Saturday, May 17. A banner read “Billionaires Get Breaks, While Aroostook Goes Broke” and signs emphasizing funding losses to food programs, education, health care and rural development were on full […]
It was Memorial Day weekend and some close friends of my parents had been asked to create a specifically designed parade entry, one emphasizing the process of aging.
When a Danforth man was born, doctors told his parents he would never ever talk. He recently spoke to a crowd.
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It is very likely that most Mainers, even if they have never used a cryptocurrency ATM, have seen them in neighborhood grocery stores, convenience stores or liquor stores.
The American Red Cross of Northern New England recently honored several Aroostook County volunteers with the President’s Volunteer Service Award.
This total is up $2.09 million from last year’s $12.55 million commitment.
The signs will be installed in key locations at border crossing and other locations throughout the state. That includes several in Aroostook County.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — A grocery store that has been part of Presque Isle for decades will close its doors at the end of Thursday. Steaks N’ Stuff, owned by brothers Jimmy and Joe Donahue, will close at 6 p.m., Jimmy Donahue announced earlier Thursday on Facebook. The store is closing for purely personal reasons, […]
There were 39 paddlers in the mass start race, including legends Terry Wescott and Bob Martin who chose the Allagash Dash over a competing race on the Union River at Grand Lake Dam.
