BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 6, 2023
An influx of people are buying camps and lake homes in northern Aroostook County since the COVID-19 pandemic made working remotely common and the demand for real estate in Maine has been on the rise. Aroostook County Administrator Ryan Pelletier said he has seen this growth firsthand. Pelletier, who lives on Pelletier Island on Long Lake in St. Agatha, said there were roughly six permanent residents in the early 2000s, but now there are approximately 60 permanent residents and about the same number of seasonals