3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (640+ words) On a statewide tour highlighting Maine’s rising energy costs, Maine Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau touted clean energy as a solution to diversify the power grid. Fecteau, D-Biddeford, appeared at the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone Thursday,…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (410+ words) Aroostook County is looking for land to house its new jail. Leaders prefer a site within 15 miles of Route 1 from Hodgdon to Caribou. The county issued a request for proposals Thursday, formally beginning the search for the location to build…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (243+ words) DANFORTH, Maine — Police seized fentanyl and methamphetamine during a Thursday raid of a Danforth home. Rian Moore, 39, of Danforth was charged with aggravated drug trafficking, drug trafficking, eluding an officer, operating after revocation and criminal speeding, while Courtney Stoddard, 26, of…...

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   (277+ words) MADAWASKA, Maine — Faced with a potentially significant tax increase this year, Madawaska officials are holding a special town meeting on Oct. 1 to see if voters will agree to lessen the burden with $300,000 from the town’s undesignated fund. Without this additional…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (138+ words) The County An Aroostook County man has been arrested and charged with starting an Aug. 25 fire at the mobile home he was renting in the town of Crystal. Walker Craig, 25, of Crystal, was charged with arson and aggravated criminal mischief…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (770+ words) ST. AGATHA, Maine – School officials in northern Aroostook County discussed revisions to a plan to merge MSAD 33, which serves Frenchville and St. Agatha, and Madawaska’s school districts together on Wednesday. The suggested revisions will be sent to legal counsel. The…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (688+ words) The Maine Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday selected bids for the development and construction of a transmission line and wind generation project for the Northern Maine Renewable Energy Development Program. This is the commission’s second attempt to solicit bids for…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (752+ words) With school starting in two weeks, officials may have to fill nine vacancies in the Houlton regional school district with temporary substitutes until the positions are filled, officials said. “We have to keep working hard to find the right people,…...