Funding

The McCain foundation, along with private donors and the town will contribute an additional $3.5 million for the project.

The United Way of Aroostook announced that applications for United Way of Aroostook funding for 2020-2021 are now available.

Annual meeting breakfast highlights donors, businesses, and organizations which support the work of United Way of Aroostook.

Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced that Community Concepts, Inc will receive a total of $5.1 million from the U.S. DHHS

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a total of $1,947,230 in funding to three airports in Maine. The funding was awarded through the Federal Aviation Administration.

Another season has wrapped up for Aroostook Football and organizers are looking forward to continued expansion of the youth program.

The Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians will receive nearly $900,000 over three years from the Office on Violence Against Women at the U.S. Department of Justice.

Maine Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed a bill that would have earmarked $2.4 million this year and next for the state's county jails.

Dan Bagley, President of the United Way of Aroostook Board of Directors, along with Luke Rossignol, Chairman of the Agency Relations Committee, announced that funding Applications for 2016-2017 are now available.

The city of Edmundston this week received a promise of $7 million from the Government of Canada towards the construction of a new multi-purpose amphitheatre/sports complex in the city.