As election season winds down to its final stretch, candidates are raising money to fund their campaigns, hoping to prevail in the Nov. 3 election, which has already seen millions of Americans cast their ballots in early and absentee balloting.
The Houlton Town Council held a public hearing on the town’s updated personnel rules as part of its Oct. 26 council meeting. The new rules are set to take effect on Nov. 2.
The bridge on Houlton’s Green Street, which had been closed since last May, is reopened to vehicle traffic.
HOULTON, Maine — Jordan James didn’t have to worry too much about whether to close his store when the COVID-19 pandemic struck last spring, because he already had planned to close it for remodeling.
Vendors at Houlton Community Market sold the last of their wares on Saturday, Oct. 17, ending a farmers’ market season which was held under the spectre of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With kids in Patten shuttered indoors throughout the spring and summer due to COVID-19 restrictions, Patten Academy Park has created an attraction that might help bring them back outdoors.
The Hodgdon Hawks netted an impressive win over the East Grand Vikings in girls soccer Monday Oct. 20, scoring 14 goals in a decisive victory.
Until the U.S. can stem its rise in COVID-19 cases, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the plan is to keep the border between the two countries closed.
As part of an effort to combat drug addiction, the Houlton Police Department is partnering with Adopt-A-Block of Aroostook to sponsor the national Drug Takeback Day on Saturday, Oct. 24.
Houlton unveiled a new return to work policy for town employees that would allow the town to continue to employ sick or injured employees in lighter duty roles once cleared by a doctor or preferred provider.
