Student members would have attended city council meetings, discussed local issues with their peers and presented recommendations to city councilors on impending decisions.
The president of the Houlton Fair Association expressed concerns about the proposed location for the Recreation Department’s new pickleball courts in Community Park.
Elections in the St. John Valley towns of Madawaska and Van Buren are set for June 11, the same date as the state election.
Eighteen Aroostook County municipalities and nonprofits were awarded just over $2 million this week.
Portage Town Council Chair Michelle Johnson briefed officials and a handful of residents at the council’s regular meeting Wednesday at the town office.
Ashland councilors voted to let the towns pay a la carte this year and work with leaders to craft a permanent agreement.
Incumbent councilors Andrew Caron and Corey Pelletier were both reelected for three-year terms.
The Select Board wants to increase the manager’s salary from $80,000 to $100,000. The budget committee is recommending only a modest increase to $82,400.
Darick Williams was elected to the council and will be sworn in at the May 1 meeting.
The departments are each seeking a roughly $90,000 increase this year, according to draft budgets presented to officials on Tuesday, April 2.
