CCaribou’s popular Thursdays on Sweden Street festival will return after a year-long hiatus, although the first event of the summer may look a little different from previous festivals.
The threat of more spring flooding in Aroostook County is now minimal, with heavy rain being the only major factor that could potentially contribute to more road closures, according to Aroostook EMA Director Darren Woods.
The snow is melting away, days are getting longer, and the Caribou Parks and Recreation Department is offering several spring programs, including an upcoming canoe and kayak race on May 15.
New Sweden’s annual Midsommar festival, which highlights Swedish traditions, and Hundrafemtio (150th anniversary) celebrations are once again placed on hold this year due to uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last March, when the King family entered the yard of their sugarhouse, The Maple Moose, on what normally would have been Maine Maple Sunday weekend, there were no people in sight to taste the maple taffy and corn fritters or witness the boiling of fresh maple syrup.
Like most activities in the country the Can Am Crown International Sled Dog Races for 2021 were cancelled by COVID-19, but now the organization has come up with a virtual race to take the edge off for organizers and mushers until they can run again for real in 2022.
The 25th annual Moosestompers winter carnival takes place Feb. 5-7 at various locations throughout Houlton.
In the past 24 years that Aroostook State Park has offered its annual Winter Family Fun Day, park manager Scott Thompson and his staff have only canceled the event twice.
The John A. Millar Civic Center in Houlton will be temporarily closed for at least 10 days after it was announced that a member of the Houlton Parks and Recreation Department has tested positive for COVID-19.
The show must go on, according to organizers of a popular winter event held in the Shiretown.
