Ashland News

At the public's first opportunity to weigh in on the immediate future of Maine railroads, the message was clear: Make them work for Maine businesses.

For some, their service to their country was years ago, but they have not been forgotten.

THE NEW ENGLAND BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME HAS ONLY BEEN AROUND FOUR YEARS, BUT ITS GROWING FAST..... THIS FALL MORE THAN 100 NEW NAMES WILL BE HONORED WITH INDUCTION INCLUDING A NUMBER FROM EASTERN MAINE..... TWO OF THE LOCAL INDUCTEES ARE COACHES.... CHARLIE KATSIAFICAS OF ELLSWORTH AND FROM MORE RECENT TIME ON THE FLOOR.... JEFF HART OF CAMDEN ...

Fraser Papers Inc. says union workers at its Edmundston, New Brunswick, mill have ratified a three-year contract.

Contact: Kent Leonard, General Manager Bluenose Inn 207-288-2665 kent@barharborhotel.com BAR HARBOR, Maine - Lafayette Hotels is pleased to announce the completion of the first phase of renovations at the Looking Glass restaurant.

Chebeague Island is just a short ferry ride from the mainland. Explore the island on foot or on a bicycle.

The mill's sulphite operation is set to restart on July 5 while its groundwood pulp is scheduled to resume on June 22.

Fraser Papers Inc. has filed for bankruptcy protection in courts in Canada and the U.S. While company officials say one Maine mill is safe, workers at two other mills in Maine could soon be out of work.

Investigators are still trying to determine what caused a fire that destroyed a home at 884 Griffin Ridge Road on Wednesday afternoon.

Three Aroostook County business owners are in the running to win an award that is being handed out for the first time by two partnering county groups.

More than a thousand Mainers who have been laid off from 21 companies from South Portland to Baileyville to Ashland because of unfair trade practices are poised to receive expanded benefits under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

On Monday, hea ll finally get the recognition thata s his due Bert Skinner, 85, of Belfast, was deployed to Burma in 1944 to join Merrilla s Marauders, officially named the 5307th Composite Unit , a special forces unit that fought behind Japanese lines in the Burma Campaign during World War II.

About 140 workers have been called back to work at the Fraser Timber sawmill in Masardis nearly five months after the mill shut down.

It could be one of the first signs that the U.S. might be slowly climbing out of the recession.

Two rural towns are looking to the city of Presque Isle to take over their emergency dispatching services.

View collections of photographs by award-winning Bangor Daily News photo journalists.

View collections of photographs by award-winning Bangor Daily News photo journalists.

Gov. John Baldacci said northern Maine has sustained less damage from spring flooding than a year ago, but that state and local officials need to help some people driven from their homes.

Governor Baldacci traveled to Ashland Saturday to get an update on flooding in Aroostook County.