2 departments team up to put out house fire in Mapleton
Fire departments based in Mapleton and Washburn quickly extinguished a house fire in Mapleton on Saturday evening.
Fire departments based in Mapleton and Washburn quickly extinguished a house fire in Mapleton on Saturday evening.
The Fort Fairfield Fire Department responded to an “out of control” brush fire before flames could reach other structures on Sunday, authorities said.
A kitchen fire on Sunday in Fort Fairfield left a resident injured and displaced.
SAD 1’s 2020-2021 budget passed a budget validation vote in Presque Isle, Mapleton, Castle Hill, Chapman and Westfield on Tuesday, with approval from 73 percent of voters in the district.
Two days after announcing that an employee at its Continuing Care facility in Mars Hill tested positive for COVID-19, Northern Light A.R. Gould said on Thursday that 198 residents and employees had tested negative.
The opening comes in a city that has struggled to attract and keep new businesses.
Nearly 3,500 people from Presque Isle and 17 surrounding communities participated in Tuesday’s elections, voting on Congressional candidates, ballot issues and races for the Maine Legislature.
In most of Maine, Black Lives Matter protests have fizzled out as the summer progressed. Yet, a demonstration in Presque Isle on Saturday, July 11, showed that many in this traditionally conservative city remain passionate about fighting police brutality and racism.
Blaine residents approved several budget measures during their annual town meeting on Tuesday, July 7, but refused to provide their usual funds to the town of Mars Hill recreation department.
It was a quiet, rainy Election Day for Presque Isle residents who came out to vote at the Sargent Family Community Center on Tuesday morning.