Despite ReEnergy’s plans to close Aroostook County’s last biomass plant this April, economic development leaders in the Ashland area are hopeful that a biomass plant could be a part of the region’s future.
While non-passenger flights have resumed, it is still not known when Presque Isle International Airport will again be open to passenger flights after a plane was damaged during a landing at the airport Monday.
A landowner along the Aroostook River in Fort Fairfield is participating in a consent agreement with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection after performing earth work last year without a permit or erosion controls.
A crash involving two vehicles on Main Street in Mapleton Monday injured three people, including one who rescue personnel transported to the hospital for treatment, according to the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office.
The town of Fort Fairfield is joining the Central Aroostook Chamber of Commerce as a member community, in addition to moving ahead with several projects.
While opioid-related overdose deaths across the state appear to have decreased slightly in 2018, substance abuse and drug trafficking are still major concerns in Aroostook County, with Presque Isle already seeing one fatal overdose this year.
Northern Light AR Gould Hospital in Presque Isle and Northern Light Continuing Care in Mars Hill are temporarily limiting visitations due to the severity of influenza and a respiratory virus outbreak at the Mars Hill facility.
The combination of fresh powder and sustained winds Tuesday created some of the most challenging winter road conditions in Aroostook County’s recent memory.
The operator of Aroostook County’s last running biomass electricity plant, which currently employs 20 people, plans to shut it down in April.
The town of Washburn has approved an LED street light replacement project and is preparing for a new a stormwater drainage project that will start work in the spring.
