Houlton

3 years ago

Agency on Aging offers events in December

Staying well allows us to live better lives. Through group classes, informational sessions, and events, the Aroostook Agency on Aging staff and volunteers share topics and techniques that are intended to help all people age well.

3 years ago

Property tax stabilization for seniors

The Maine Legislature has created new law regarding the taxation of property owners who  have reached age sixty-five and owned a homestead qualified property in Maine for ten years.  

3 years ago

Teaming up to deliver Thanksgiving Day baskets

Every year Jonathan Ellis, owner of Ellis Family Market in Patten, and his employees team up with the Maine State Police to deliver Thanksgiving Day baskets donated by his store to needy families in the northern Penobscot /southern Aroostook County areas.

3 years ago

Last chance for deer hunting

The last three days of November and the first three of December combine to form this year’s week of muzzleloader season for whitetail deer in Aroostook County.

3 years ago

Houlton area From our Files – Week of November 23, 2022

75 Years Ago – Nov. 20, 1947

Enrollment up in Junior Red Cross — “Enrollment in the American Junior Red Cross as of November 19 has greatly exceeded both in numbers of pupils enrolled and in contributions the 1946 record,” stated Mrs. R. Chauncey Robbins, Junior Red Cross Committee Chairman of the Southern Aroostook Chapter, American Red Cross.