1 month ago
A Portland band keeps a 5-year promise with Houlton reunion concert
Now, for the first time since the pandemic, the band is coming back together to make good on the performance they missed.
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A Caribou cemetery sexton wants to retire. It will take the cemetery’s first meeting in 55 years.
Since 1988, John Somers has been the caretaker of the 17-acre Evergreen Cemetery in Caribou. But he’s in his 80s. His health has reached a point where he cannot continue. It’s time for “somebody to take over,” Somers said. The job of finding his replacement falls to the cemetery board of directors. But there’s a […]
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2nd Limestone resident dies after Fort Fairfield crash
A Limestone man died Tuesday evening from injuries suffered in a crash in Fort Fairfield that also killed his wife, Fort Fairfield Police Chief Matthew Cummings said. Pierre Gagne, 72, and Carrie Smith-Gagne, 60, who was driving, were traveling north in a 2023 Chevy Trailblazer on Route 1A near the Limestone town line around 10 […]
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Limestone woman dies, 3 others seriously injured in Fort Fairfield crash
A Limestone woman died and three others were severely injured in a crash on Route 1A in Fort Fairfield Tuesday morning, Fort Fairfield Police Chief Matthew Cummings said in a release. The area around 854 Limestone Road was closed until about 3 p.m. as police worked at the scene. Limestone residents Amber Turcotte, 25, and […]
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BIW uses virtual reality to teach Aroostook campers to paint and weld
As skilled laborers age into retirement and fewer younger workers appear to take their places, the number of U.S. tradespeople is shrinking. That’s why, in a dimly lit gymnasium more than four hours from their shipyard Friday, instructors from Bath Iron Works taught 12-year-olds in Limestone how to weld. A hands-on workshop allowed children attending […]
1 month ago
3 towns hope to better market Maine’s most unique municipal arrangement|
Since 1992, the towns have shared the same budget, town office, town employees, website, fire department, highway department, recreation department and community services .
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Grand jury issues July indictments
The Aroostook County grand jury handed up 29 indictments for July.
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Northern Maine Agricultural Fair to open next week
The five-day event will run through Sunday, Aug. 3, at the Northern Maine Fairgrounds in Presque Isle.
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2nd MSAD 27 budget headed to referendum next month
The new budget, which cuts $436,410 from the first one, was approved.
1 month ago
A unique new Aroostook store will help Indigenous people access fresh food
What started as a spark of an idea by Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Tribal Chief Clarissa Sabattis and the Tribal Council became reality this week.
