In official business, the town accepted funds totaling $32,621.90 from the town of Presque Isle for reimbursement for officer training and equipment costs, with $12,297 of that money going towards body cameras for police officers.
After overseeing much of the hospital’s operations in the past several months, including through the COVID-19 pandemic, Shawn Anderson has officially taken the reins as CEO of Houlton Regional Hospital, effective June 1.
Citizens, activists and religious leaders gathered at the Houlton Visitor’s Center on Saturday, June 13, to demand racial equality in America and to highlight the injustices committed in the death of George Floyd.
The graduating seniors for Southern Aroostook Community School celebrated their completion of high school in a fashion unlike any other in the school’s history.
For the first time in weeks, the Houlton Town Council met in person at the town office to discuss issues such as updated building code enforcement and the appointing of members to the Northern Maine Development Commission.
The Houlton Band of Maliseets and the Aroostook Band of Micmacs will receive a combined $1.8 million grant from the federal government, through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Indian Community Development Block Grant program.
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has upheld a lower court’s decision in the case of Jonathan Limary, a Presque Isle man convicted of manslaughter after kicking the face of Jean Bragdon of Caribou, who died 18 days later due to blood hemorrhaging as a result of the altercation.
For East Grand High School, the graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020 is likely to go down as one of the most unique in the school’s history.
The percentage of unemployed people in Aroostook County for the month of April doubled from the previous month, according to new information released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on June 3.
Henry John Bear has made history by becoming the first member of the Houlton Band of Maliseets to obtain a Master’s of Law Degree.
