Community

9 months ago

Fort Kent Public Library hosts Cabin Fever Art Auction

FORT KENT, Maine – The Fort Kent Public Library is holding an auction for a special collection of locally selected art pieces. The art, which includes paintings, photographs, quilts and other mediums, will be on display at the library through January, with the silent auction occurring on Friday, January 17 at 5:30. Les Amis de […]

9 months ago

Caribou area From our Files – Week of December 25, 2024

25 Years Ago – Jan. 4, 1999
Alaska to home, by sled — Local men plan a trip: 6000 miles in 30 days. When three members of the Caribou Snowmobile Club travel to Alaska, they will go by plane. On the way back — all the way back — they’ll travel by snowmobile.

9 months ago

St. John Valley area From our Files – Week of December 25, 2024

25 Years Ago — December 29, 1999
Guerrette named citizens of the month – Mike and Cecilia Guerrette have been named December’s Citizens of the Month. Mike and Cecilia have been actively involved in numerous volunteer projects in the area in the past years.

9 months ago

Houlton area From our Files – Week of December 25, 2024

50 Years Ago – December 25, 1974
SAD 70 Students Present Annual Christmas Concert — Students from SAD 70 presented their annual Christmas concert December 16, with Mrs. Debbie Duff as Music Director and Joseph Robinson as Band Director.

9 months ago

Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of December 25, 2024

25 Years Ago – December 29, 1999
Farmer of the Year — After more than 25 years of growing potatoes, Fred Flewelling had no regrets. Flewelling was named the 2000 Farmer of the Year by the Maine Potato Board and honored at a dinner along with Young Farmers of the Year Brent and Neil Grass.

9 months ago

Weighing in

All of us at the Central Aroostook Humane Society hope that you enjoy a beautiful holiday season and have a merry Christmas. 

9 months ago

Santa visits nursing homes

Over the past two weeks, my alter ego (Santa Claus) has taken over and has been bringing Christmas cheer to Aroostook County residents in nursing, assistive living and residential care facilities. 

9 months ago

Be prepared for winter roads

Winter is upon us once more.  Mother Nature will soon transform our city streets and roadways into white paths that are slippery and dangerous.  We will see wind, snow, ice, sleet, freezing rain and bitter cold temperatures.