Houlton

2 years ago

Getting flower gardens ready for winter

A chill is in the air, the daylight hours are shorter, and we relish late fall sunshine. But before more snow flies and the gardening catalogs set us to longing for spring, here are a few thoughts about putting the flower gardens to bed for the winter. 

2 years ago

Testing family roots

With the holiday season looming, you may want to ask Santa for a DNA test kit or perhaps gift one to a special person. Most people are interested in their family ethnicity even if they aren’t genealogists.  Ethnicity tests (autosomal DNA) are offered by a variety of companies. 

The text "School Menus" shown underneath three young students getting their lunches
2 years ago

RSU 29 menu Week of November 15, 2023

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

York’s of Houlton achieves Gold Class status

York’s of Houlton announced its achievement of Gold Class status, the industry standard for training that contributes to complete and safe repairs. Only around 9,000 of collision repair businesses currently meet the rigorous training requirements necessary to earn the Gold Class designation, and we are a part of that number.

2 years ago

Houlton area From our Files – Week of November 8, 2023

75 Years Ago – November 4, 1948
Houlton 1948 Building Total Now $540,800 –  Houlton moved into classification of cities several times its size in terms of construction activity so far this year, according to the 10-month report this week of Building Inspector J. Maynard Austin.