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6 days ago | 
bangordailynews.com | Paula Brewer
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The Presque Isle City Council wants more local communities to support the County’s only homeless shelter. The group tabled a $150,000 loan request from Homeless Services of Aroostook on Wednesday, opting to have the agency and city staff seek other solutions, including asking for help from roughly 40 towns communities that don’t financially support the shelter.
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1 week ago | 
bangordailynews.com | Paula Brewer
CARIBOU, Maine — A flower shop that has been part of Caribou’s landscape for decades is now in the hands of a new generation. Kimber and Cindy Noyes, who nurtured Noyes Flower and Plant Shop for 50 years, have handed over the keys to Melinda Barnard. Barnard has named the shop Larkspur & Rose. When family members aren’t able to take over a longtime operation, owners often find it difficult to find someone to carry on their legacy.
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1 week ago | 
thecounty.me | Paula Brewer
The FBI has arrested a Presque Isle man for alleged attempted sex trafficking of a child. Joseph Maile, 27, who was previously a registered sex offender, was arrested and charged this week as part of an FBI-led operation called Operation Restore Justice, which targeted alleged sexual predators across the nation. Maile’s case included a January investigation at a home in Presque Isle.
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1 week ago | 
bangordailynews.com | Paula Brewer
The FBI has arrested a Presque Isle man for alleged attempted sex trafficking of a child. Joseph Maile, 27, who was previously a registered sex offender, was arrested and charged this week as part of an FBI-led operation called Operation Restore Justice, which targeted alleged sexual predators across the nation. Maile’s case included a January investigation at a home in Presque Isle.
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1 week ago | 
bangordailynews.com | Paula Brewer
Aroostook County’s only shelter for the homeless is seeking a $150,000 loan from the city of Presque Isle to keep operating. Homeless Services of Aroostook Executive Director Kari Bradstreet requested the loan to cover expenses for three months until the anticipated passage of state legislation that would fund Maine’s emergency shelters. Without those expected funds, Bradstreet previously warned that the shelter could have been forced to close.
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1 week ago | 
thecounty.me | Paula Brewer
Aroostook County’s only shelter for the homeless is seeking a $150,000 loan from the city of Presque Isle to keep operating. Homeless Services of Aroostook Executive Director Kari Bradstreet requested the loan to cover expenses for three months until the anticipated passage of state legislation that would fund Maine’s emergency shelters. Without those expected funds, Bradstreet previously warned that the shelter could have been forced to close.
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1 week ago | 
thecounty.me | Paula Brewer
FORT FAIRFIELD, Maine — Before a packed audience on a recent evening at Fort Fairfield Elementary School, local police officer Sgt. Jesse Cormier asked a group of 61 students a simple question. “What day is it?” Cormier asked. “DARE day!” the graduates responded in a raucous cheer. That term, DARE, was also splashed across the red T-shirts the students wore.
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1 week ago | 
thecounty.me | Paula Brewer
If the trend of less snow in northern Maine continues, motorsports may be the next crucial tourism draw, event promoters told a Caribou crowd Thursday. More than 100 people gathered at the Best Western Caribou Inn for the annual tourism summit hosted by Aroostook County Tourism. Snowmobiling, a longtime staple of Aroostook County’s winter economy, has taken a hit with diminished snowfall in the past two years.
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1 week ago | 
bangordailynews.com | Paula Brewer
Before a packed audience on a recent evening at Fort Fairfield Elementary School, local police officer Sgt. Jesse Cormier asked a group of 61 students a simple question. “What day is it?” Cormier asked. “DARE day!” the graduates responded in a raucous cheer. That term, DARE, was also splashed across the red T-shirts the students wore. They were celebrating their recent completion of a series of classes on substance use prevention and, more broadly, making responsible life decisions.
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1 week ago | 
bangordailynews.com | Paula Brewer
If the trend of less snow in northern Maine continues, motorsports may be the next crucial tourism draw, event promoters told a Caribou crowd Thursday. More than 100 people gathered at the Best Western Caribou Inn for the annual tourism summit hosted by Aroostook County Tourism. Snowmobiling, a longtime staple of Aroostook County’s winter economy, has taken a hit with diminished snowfall in the past two years.
