4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (741+ words) The Upper St. John Valley Recovery High School, the first of its kind in Maine, has officially begun its mission of helping students who are recovering from addiction learn in a drug-free environment. The school, located at the University of…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (536+ words) The Worthington Scholarship Foundation is pleased to announce that more than 1,000 Maine high school graduates have received the 2026 Worthington Scholarship. Founded by Beverly and the late David Worthington, the scholarships empowers Maine students not only to begin college, but to…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1088+ words) As the calendar inches toward fall, hundreds of Maine farms are preparing for the grueling weekslong marathon that is the potato harvest. They’ll work sunup to sundown, for six or seven days a week, to extract some 1.7 billion pounds of…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (236+ words) Community Action in Aroostook, Washington, and Hancock Counties received funding to provide $800 stipends to students who successfully completed the Construction Academy at Region Two School of Applied Technology in Houlton. The stipends were made possible through a $15,000 grant from Machias…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (309+ words) It’s been almost 20 years since they were originally installed, but the green historic markers that comprise Presque Isle Historical Society’s self-guided walking tour of the historic downtown are back and even better than before. In 2008, in preparation for Presque Isle’s…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (886+ words) An Aroostook County teacher who helps students explore planting, composting, seed gathering and formulating herbal remedies is now taking those same lessons into the community. Shelly Bouchard has been gathering, growing and learning about the benefits and uses of northern…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (242+ words) thecounty.me PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The County Federal Credit Union is pleased to announce that two team members, Taylor Dobson and Dennis Rogeski, have each earned their Certified Credit Union Executive Designation through America’s Credit Unions. The Certified Credit Union…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (310+ words) By Jon Knepp, Maine Library Association vice president Maine’s 257 public libraries along with its academic, school and special libraries open doors for every Mainer to free print and digital collections, libraries of things containing everything from apple slicers to xylophones…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (212+ words) While a high school reunion is routine enough and usually expected every ten years after commencement, some students take the practice a bit further when the decennial event comes around. The Stockholm elementary class of 1972 has had a separate reunion…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (221+ words) PORTLAND, Maine – Maine Connections Academy, the state’s first tuition-free, online public charter school, honored its Class of 2026 with an in-person graduation ceremony June 5 at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland. Six of the honored Maine Connections Academy graduates represent Aroostook County....