Despite above average temperatures this winter, officials at the Millar Civic Center in Houlton said this week that attendance at the facility in 2015 increased by more than 60 percent over the previous year, and revenues are on the increase as well.
Emily Henderson of Houlton said there have been plenty of times that she has been shopping in Market Square in Houlton with her two young children and one or both needed to use a bathroom.
Mainly due to the mothballing of the state’s Board of Corrections, county tax bills will be 8.2 percent higher this year, Aroostook County Administrator Douglas Beaulieu said Feb. 24.
This winter is officially going down in the books as the warmest winter on record in the Caribou area, with an average temperature of 21.6 degrees, officials at the National Weather Service said Monday.
Fort Fairfield
Police Chief
William Campbell
HOULTON, Maine — The Aroostook County commissioners on Wednesday evening approved a familiar face with 30 years experience in law enforcement to become a special agent with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.
HOULTON, Maine — The Aroostook County commissioners on Wednesday evening approved a familiar face with 30 years experience in law enforcement to become a special agent with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency.
Fort Fairfield Police Chief William Campbell, who previously was a member of the drug task force for six years, will return to the agency as an investigator.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — One year ago, the University of Maine at Presque Isle gave students from the Maine School of Science and Mathematics an opportunity to earn a significant amount of college credit before graduating from high school.
MARS HILL, Maine — Approximately 13 years ago, officials at Bigrock Mountain in Mars Hill were looking for a way to get Aroostook County youths to lead less sedentary lifestyles and get more interested in winter outdoor sports.
CARIBOU, Maine — The milder than normal temperatures that Mainers have experienced for much of the winter could continue through the next three months, according to the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center.
