A former southern Aroostook County man will spend the next four decades in prison after being convicted in U.S. District Court of sexual exploitation of a minor and transportation of child pornography.
The Maine Senate on Monday upheld a veto on a bill that sought more patient protection in health coverage plans.
Residents of Monticello on Monday evening approved a nearly $617,000 budget for the upcoming year that increased slightly over last year.
Police arrested a Patten man Thursday after they say he led officers on a high speed chase that began in Penobscot County and ended when the vehicle spun off the road in Aroostook County.
Town Manager Jim Griffin said that a small crowd approved a $670,160 budget at the annual town meeting held at the Hodgdon Elementary/Mill Pond School on Monday evening.
A Romanian foreign national who was arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol agents in Hodgdon on March 30 pleaded guilty Tuesday to illegally entering the country.
A Forest City-based conservation trust has acquired a substantial parcel of land along the headwaters of the Chiputneticook Lakes system that officials say will be preserved for traditional recreation uses.
Just as the snow had begun melting in most parts of Aroostook County, a winter storm is expected to bring up to a foot of snow to some parts of the region.
When the power went out for a few hours on Friday, Fred Grant said that he wasn’t going to risk fighting the “chaos and traffic” in a dimly lit town with residents heading out of town to either eat or find power.
A Caribou man pleaded guilty on Tuesday in federal court to possession of child pornography.
