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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Ellsworth 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 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 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 More3 colleges will use nearly $4 million to strengthen industries hurt during pandemic
Maine has awarded three colleges and universities nearly $4 million to provide services and programs that will prepare students for
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 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 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 MoreUMaine-led study finds that eDNA can help detect rainbow smelt
ORONO — Searun Rainbow smelt — a culturally and ecologically valuable fish for New England anglers, consumers and marine ecosystems
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
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 MoreCalifornia musicians swap coasts for homestead lifestyle in northern Aroostook
VAN BUREN, Maine – While researching where to start their dream of an off-grid homesteading lifestyle, Danielle and Thomas Segen
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 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
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