After months of grappling with taxpayer concerns related to town spending on the new ambulance service, the Fort Fairfield Town Council will vote on the municipal FY 2021-2022 budget on June 17.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — They’re stocking Mantle Lake on Wednesday morning with buckets and buckets of 8-to-11-inch trout so that Saturday’s Hooked on Fishing, Not Drugs Youth Fishing Derby will give kids a fighting chance at hooking one.
An Ashland woman was charged with operating a vehicle while under the influence after crashing the 2006 Ford Focus she was driving into the back of an SUV towing a U-Haul trailer on Route 163 in Mapleton Thursday afternoon, according to Maine State Police.
Memberships for downtown co-work space are now available through Ignite Presque Isle, a local community development nonprofit.
In what has become a contentious budget battle between concerned Fort Fairfield taxpayers and town leadership, Town Manager Andrea Powers referred to a taxpayer group list of questions regarding the FY 21-22 proposed budget as a “taxpayer manifesto” during last week’s town council meeting.
More than $280,000 in individual donations and pledges, several grants and a loan by the Northern Maine Development Commission made it possible for the Presque Isle not-for-profit community development corporation to purchase the hotel from the Hedrich family.
The Taxpayers Group of Fort Fairfield is asking the Fort Fairfield Town Council to use American Rescue Plan Act funds for property tax relief, as well as reject several proposed FY 21-22 municipal budget increases to avoid a nearly 32 percent property tax increase to cover potential budget shortfalls.
Presque Isle High School science teacher Andrew Kirby was recently named the Aroostook County Teacher of the Year by the Maine Department of Education.
Increased outreach, signage and public notices have helped divert large truck traffic from Presque Isle’s Academy Street to the $16.8 million truck bypass opened in 2019.
It’s a new day for Presque Isle over-21 weed imbibers, who can now just show a government issued ID, like a driver’s license, to legally purchase up to 2.5 ounces per day of cannabis flowers at the just opened Full Bloom Cannabis on Main Street.
