9 months ago
North Pole Express mailbox brings holiday magic to Houlton
WHOU’s Chris Putnam, will read the letters to Santa on the air at 5 p.m. every Wednesday and Friday, starting on Dec. 6.
Events
10 months ago
Aroostook winter festival moves snowmobile races to mall parking lot
Mild temperatures and little snow last year made the Caribou speedway track too muddy to use so organizers moved racing to the Aroostook Centre Mall parking area, creating a track in 36 hours with 400 truckloads of snow.
10 months ago
Acadian Archives to host genealogy workshop
FORT KENT, Maine – The Acadian Archives, located on the University of Maine at Fort Kent campus, will host an in-person genealogy workshop on Wednesday, December 4 at 6 p.m. at the Acadian Archives. The event is free and open to the public. The workshop will focus on online genealogy databases and the opportunities they […]
10 months ago
Houlton Festival of Trees is gearing up for Friday with tons of treasures
Organizers are hoping that this year’s event will raise more than last year’s whopping $95,000.
10 months ago
Wintergreen Express returns
The Wintergreen Express will return to Presque Isle on Dec. 13 and 14.
10 months ago
Fort Kent theater’s ‘Chicago’ will have program’s most ambitious choreography yet
The school is doing a “teen edition” of the play adapted by Concord Theatricals, which is specifically designed to be performed in high schools and removes overtly adult themes from the original musical.
10 months ago
Aroostook County’s first comic con continues with a lightsaber battle
The Houlton event opened on Friday afternoon with several gaming tournaments and will wrap-up on Sunday with a focus on Star Wars, including a lightsaber battle at the Houlton Bridge at 9 a.m. followed by a group walk through downtown and the church organist playing the Imperial March on the historic pipe organ.
10 months ago
UMFK honors those who served with early Veterans Day event
The event began with an introduction from Student Life Coordinator Stacy Martin, who introduced nursing student Rebekah Sanchez to sing the National Anthem.
10 months ago
Chamber hosts first Madawaska job fair
St. John Valley employers had always had to travel to other parts of The County to recruit, so chamber members decided to try to pair workers with jobs closer to home.
11 months ago
Houlton’s All Shires Eve alive with witches and hundreds of Jack-O-Lanterns
As part of the inaugural All Shire’s Eve Witches Walk that began just before sunset at Riverfront Park in downtown Houlton, about 50 or so witches, warlocks and other goblins walked through the wooded trail.
