1 year ago

How Mainers can get a break when caring for ailing loved ones

Caregiving is a full-time job, and without some kind of assistance, burnout happens. Respite for ME aims to provide extra help to people before that occurs.

1 year ago

Aroostook County sheriff retires to help run popular Presque Isle restaurant

Aroostook County Sheriff Shawn Gillen is retiring to go into the restaurant business.

1 year ago

Madawaska is replacing aging equipment

Madawaska board OKs buying a new forklift and a new street sweeper and using equipment reserve funds to fix a municipal payloader.

1 year ago

Lake homes overtaking camps on northern Aroostook lakes

An influx of people are buying camps and lake homes in northern Aroostook County since the COVID-19 pandemic made working remotely common and the demand for real estate in Maine has been on the rise.

1 year ago

Known neo-Nazi building training ground in Springfield

A nationally known neo-Nazi is training his followers in militarized weapons and physical fitness at a site in Springfield.

1 year ago

Northeast is one of the top 2 potato sales regions

The Northeast was second in potato sales for the year, outpacing top producing states of Idaho and Washington.

1 year ago

Not’e français disparais

Notre belle langue française s’en va vite en p’tit pepére dans la Vallée Saint-Jean. Ont est rendu quissement au boute. Comme disent les anglais, we could be close to the 11th hour.

1 year ago

From our Files – Week of August 2, 2023

50 Years Ago — Aug. 2, 1973
“Family garden” boom – What started as a simple “family garden” is turning into an agricultural boom for Gerald Desjardins of Van Buren. Desjardins displayed a 14-inch cucumber, one of the many products his little venture had developed.