Three Aroostook County communities are set to receive federal funding dedicated for sewer and wastewater infrastructure projects — including one that may help an economic development effort in Washburn.
The Southern Aroostook Soil and Water Conservation District is seeing strong momentum among potato farms using cover crops for both building soil health and preventing soil erosion, according to Executive Director Angela Wotton.
In between the Maine Potato Blossom Festival in Fort Fairfield and the Northern Maine Fair in Presque Isle, the Nordic Heritage Center holds its annual Nordic Trail Festival celebrating mountain biking and the outdoors lifestyles at one of Aroostook County’s thriving four-season trail networks.
This July, a group of students are working at a woodlot in Chapman learning how to run a mechanized logging operation through a certificate program with Northern Maine Community College in Presque Isle.
After a Select Board meeting Wednesday, town officials will seek ways to fix a damaged canopy at Albert Michaud Park and pursue the discontinuation of the Bourgoin Road.
The people behind Presque Isle’s Cafe Sorpreso have opened their new bakery and coffee shop, Cafe Demoiselle.
The Fort Fairfield Police Department is seeking the public’s help in tracking down the culprit behind the theft of livestock fencing at an Amish farm in Fort Fairfield.
The second of two suspects accused of stealing a tractor trailer and other motor vehicles in Down East and northern Maine was arrested Friday at an apartment in Presque Isle.
Around the region, construction companies and municipal departments are at work paving and refurbishing roads.
After visitors over the July Fourth holiday left overflowing trash cans at Portage Lake’s public beach, town officials are considering whether to adopt a carry in, carry out policy, according to Town Manager Larry Duchette.
