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Cadets honor veterans as part of Wreaths Across America

Volunteers laid wreaths near veterans’ graves at the Northern Maine Veterans Cemetery in Caribou and Fairmount Cemetery in Presque Isle.

12 hours ago

Community responds after blaze levels Limestone home

“We’re a small community, but Aroostook County strong. That’s what we do here.”

12 hours ago

$2.1M gift is UMPI’s largest ever

The University of Maine at Presque Isle received the largest financial gift in campus history Tuesday. The surprise $2.1 million bequest came from the Don and Linda Zillman estate. The former UMPI president died in 2023, and his wife, Linda, died in September. Along with launching a Zillman professorship to benefit faculty research, the couple […]

4 days ago

Presque Isle blaze is latest in a string of heating-related fires

A Thursday fire damaged part of a Presque Isle building but resulted in no injuries, fire officials said. Crews responded at about 1:50 p.m. to 9 Parsons St., a three-story commercial building owned by Sunny Side Land Holdings, according to city tax maps. The building is being renovated and was unoccupied, the Presque Isle Fire […]

5 days ago

Aroostook sees earliest major snowfall in 3 years

“We haven’t seen Christmas week snowmobiling in five or six years now.”

2 weeks ago

Caribou opens holiday season with tree lighting

A large evergreen tree and its lights were donated by the late Robert L. Albert, former city councilor and Rotarian, and a plaque in his memory sits at the tree’s trunk.