1 year ago
PI Fish and Game gears up for hunters breakfast
Fall and hunters breakfasts seem to go hand in hand, and one Aroostook club is gearing up for a meal that will send kids to adventure camp.
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1 year ago
Lack of data a recurring theme in Wolfden mine hearing
Monday’s testimony and cross-examination regarding Wolfden’s application to change the zoning from a general management and protection area to a planned development area, zeroed in on the company’s financial stability, the actual composition of the mine, and the company’s ability to operate a mine.
1 year ago
Portland man dies in Westfield UTV crash
A Sunday night crash in Westfield killed a Portland driver and injured his passenger.
1 year ago
Too soon to claim Madawaska church vandalism had hateful motive, DA says
It is too early to determine if there was any hateful intent behind a church vandalism incident that occurred on Oct. 2, according to Aroostook County District Attorney Todd Collins.
1 year ago
Watch the Pickett Mountain mine hearing underway in Millinocket
The Maine Land Use Planning Commission hearing on the Pickett Mountain Mining Project got underway on Monday morning at Stearns Jr./Sr. High School at199 State St. in Millinocket.
The public hearings, scheduled for Oct. 16, 17 and 18, are part of the commission’s process to determine whether to approve a rezoning application by Canadian company Wolfden.
1 year ago
Woodland Select Board meeting set for Tuesday
Woodland’s Select Board will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 17, after unsuccessful attempts to reschedule their canceled Sept. 19 meeting.
1 year ago
Caribou entrepreneurs search for the right people to sustain local businesses
Several longtime business owners in Caribou will retire soon and are hoping younger generations will continue a trend of economic revitalization.
1 year ago
Aroostook weeklies earn multiple Maine Press Association awards
Four Aroostook County weekly newspapers owned by the Bangor Daily News received more than 40 awards from the Maine Press Association during the annual MPA conference and banquet in South Portland on Saturday.
1 year ago
County schools are taking students outside to counter post-COVID struggles
In just two years, middle school students at Limestone Community School have gone ice fishing, downhill skiing, camping, canoeing, hiking, horseback riding and snowshoeing, grown vegetables and made their own maple syrup.
1 year ago
Craft fair and Fall Spectacular are returning to Caribou
Aroostook County’s longest running craft fair and a newer fall-themed event will celebrate the harvest season next weekend.
