Houlton girls punch ticket to B North quarterfinals with strong 3-point shooting
By Joseph Cyr, Special to The Houlton Pioneer Times HOULTON, Maine — A stellar shooting performance catapulted the Houlton/Greater Houlton
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Northern Maine Community College sees enrollment spike for 2023
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Community college enrollment may be down slightly across the nation, but it’s rising in Maine and
Read MoreHarbor Freight Tools to open in long-vacant Ellsworth mall space
A nationwide discount tool retailer is renovating an empty space in the Maine Coast Mall in Ellsworth and plans to
Read MoreCruz-Uribe receives NSF award to make geological dating methods more accessible
Geologists have long determined the age of rocks and minerals by measuring the decay of certain isotopes, but the process
Read MoreAbbott lays off hundreds of temporary workers at Westbrook plant
Abbott Labs has laid off most of the temporary workers at its Westbrook facility, including hundreds of immigrant workers who
Read MoreEllsworth ranked 9th-best place to start a vacation rental in US
With no short-term rental regulations and the tourism draw of nearby Acadia National Park, Ellsworth ranked ninth nationwide as the
Read MoreAffordable housing is a top priority in Bangor’s new comprehensive plan
Affordable housing tops Bangor’s priority list in the city’s first comprehensive plan update in nearly 20 years. Many of the goals
Read MoreFederal disaster relief team is helping Bangor combat homelessness
Homelessness in Bangor has become such a crisis that a federal emergency management team is taking a disaster relief approach
Read MoreBangor YMCA receives $5 million in local COVID-19 funds for expansion
The Bangor Region YMCA will receive $5 million of city and county COVID-19 relief money to fund its new facility,
Read MorePrayer Shawl Ministry stitching with love in Wells
WELLS — Knitting and crocheting are popular and soothing hobbies, forming loops from one needle to another or hooking loops
Read MoreAroostook County movie theaters risk closing from low attendance
CARIBOU, Maine – One of Aroostook’s four movie theaters will close after losing most of its audience. The Caribou Theater
Read MoreOnly 1 UMaine System campus is growing its enrollment
For the sixth semester in a row, the University of Maine at Presque Isle is bucking nationwide and university system enrollment
Read MoreA rural section of Belfast will soon get high-speed internet
BELFAST, Maine — An underserved part of the city that has had to rely on slower internet connections is getting
Read MoreBangor nonprofit offers STEM programs for rural students
A Bangor learning center that simulates NASA missions for students wrapped up a year of offering free science, technology, engineering
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