Being diagnosed with a case of COVID-19 and requiring hospitalization can be a lonely experience while isolated from family members in order to prevent further spread of the disease, which has already claimed the lives of around 390,000 Americans.
A Hamlin man has pleaded guilty in federal court to crossing the U.S.-Canada border into Maine on a snowmobile while carrying more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, according to a court filing on Jan. 12.
The Department of Public Works in Houlton plans to form a committee to address the issue of road repairs in the town. Public Works Director Chris Stewart laid out the plan at the Houlton Town Council meeting of Jan. 11.
Additional findings of zinc minerals, as well as other elements such as lead and copper, have been found at the proposed Pickett Mountain mining site, located on property owned by Canadian mining company Wolfden Resources.
Houlton’s Southside School is sending out a letter to students and staff members who were potentially exposed after a person associated with the school was tested positive for COVID-19.
Police departments across Aroostook County will receive additional funds to help them take on the unique challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
For business owners on Houlton’s Market Square and Main Street, 2020 brought on issues they could never have possibly anticipated.
The end of the holiday season also marks the end of Salvation Army’s famed Red Kettle Campaign, with bell-ringers standing outside storefront locations, collecting charitable donations.
At the first meeting of 2021 for the Aroostook County Commissioners, the board reappointed Paul Adams as commissioners chairperson, and commissioner Paul Underwood as the chief elected official for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
A year and a half after it was first formed, the Aroostook Recovery Center of Hope is ready to move to a new home.
