2 years ago
Houlton council passes $13.7 million 2024 budget
The Houlton Town Council passed the town’s $13,712,315 amended budget for 2024 on Tuesday night.
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2 years ago
The County Crossword for Jan. 3, 2024
You can complete this crossword puzzle online. Just click on the box you want to fill in and begin typing the word you think is the answer to the clue.
2 years ago
RSU 29 menu – Week of January 2, 2024
Breakfast for all Schools
Breakfast is served with multi-grain reduced-sugar cereal, WOWbutter/jelly, assorted fruit juice and 1 percent and skim milk.
2 years ago
1963 total solar eclipse drew tens of thousands to a swath of Maine towns
At the time, news accounts reported the next total eclipse in Maine would be in Aroostook County in another 200 years. While off by nearly 140 years, the prediction’s location was spot-on with the next total solar eclipse passing through the County on April 8, 2024.
2 years ago
Six big events happening in Aroostook County in early 2024
Winter and early spring in Aroostook County are notoriously blustery, cold and snowy with some of the nation’s highest snowfall totals. But County planners don’t let that stop them.
2 years ago
Potato breeding pioneer retires after 38 years at UMaine
Greg Porter served as a professor of agronomy, crop ecology and management, and most recently led the potato breeding program, which has been instrumental in developing new strains of potatoes tailored to Maine fields.
2 years ago
New Monticello restaurant on a snowmobile trail opens this week
The Pines grill inside the Wilderness Pines Campground lodge in Monticello, slated for a Jan. 4 opening, is nestled among tall pines and right on snowmobile and ATV trails.
2 years ago
Houlton boys lose OT heartbreaker to Bucksport
With 1.7 seconds left in overtime, Bucksport’s Caden Blackwood collected a full-court, in-bounds pass and tipped it in at the buzzer as the Golden Bucks defeated Houlton, 54-52.
2 years ago
2023: The year in sports in the Houlton area
From the amazing Southern Aroostook boys and girls basketball teams winning yet another state championship to Houlton’s record-setting runner Teanne Ewings, it was a memorable year in sports.
2 years ago
Katahdin Trust promotes Herbert and King to community banking officer
Katahdin Trust Company is pleased to announce the promotions of Searra Herbert and Michaela King to community banking officer and cash management specialist.
