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MSAD #1 does offer pool testing which has to be opted into for students and staff throughout the district. The latest round of pooled testing identified 42 close contacts across the all the schools that will now be in quarantine for at least 10 days.

The trail conditions in Aroostook State Park were slippery with snow and leaf cover, said Wardens.

Police said they believe bad weather, poor road conditions, and speed were factors in the crash.

Following a mostly sunny and mild Thanksgiving Day, folks in Aroostook County can expect a blast of winter on Friday and Saturday with some areas getting up to 8 inches of snow.

A 54-year-old Arizona man was sentenced on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in Aroostook County over a nearly 20-month period.

A fire at a two-story home in downtown Van Buren in the early hours Friday has temporarily displaced one resident.

The New Brunswick government has announced stricter requirements for COVID-19 quarantines in the latest effort to curb the recent surge in new cases.

The community has experienced an increase in cases and exposures, and the decision was made so the schools could get a "deep cleanse "and “airing out” a nine-day span. Classes in Hodgdon are expected to resume on November 29.

Here is a small sampling of the numerous incidents investigated by Troop F of the Maine State Police in the month of October.

Nancy Perkins of Patten, was traveling north in her 2019 Ford when she struck the buggy from behind. The horse drawn cart was being maneuvered by Lydia Miller of Stacyville, at the time of the crash. Three daughters of Lydia were riding in the cart and were ejected, when the cart was struck.