Property taxes in Easton are increasing 3.7 percent this year as the town covers the cost of a complex revaluation for its two largest taxpayers, McCain Foods and Huber Engineered Woods.
Farmers, researchers and members of the public gathered at the University of Maine’s Aroostook Research Farm in Presque Isle Wednesday to learn about the latest in potato research.
LouAnne Deabay of Masardis has received a $50,000 micro-enterprise grant under the Maine Community Development Block Grant program to open what would be the only food store on Route 11 between Patten and Ashland.
Aiming to build ties between community members and police and to promote neighborhood safety, the Presque Isle Police Department held its first ever National Night Out event Tuesday.
With lumber mills and other businesses in the Ashland area desperate for employees, a new training program starting this fall will help lower-income workers gain new skills to work in those in-demand jobs.
The Maibec lumber mill in Masardis, Aroostook County’s largest sawmill, has been sold to a new owner, Groupe Lebel of Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec.
A single vehicle crash in Easton in the early morning hours of Friday, Aug. 3, left the driver with head and neck injuries and is under investigation by the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office.
The Central Aroostook Chamber of Commerce has formed a committee to search for a new executive director, according to board president Floyd Rockholt.
Despite some rumors to the contrary, the town of Washburn will be hosting its 38th annual August Festival during the third weekend of August, said event organizer Hollie Umphrey.
ReEnergy and Emera Maine have reached an agreement over electricity transmission charges for ReEnergy’s two Aroostook County biomass plants, although the Fort Fairfield plant is still at risk of closing this year.
