Billed by organizers as the biggest trade show north of Bangor, the ever popular Top O’ Maine Trade Show will return to Madawaska the weekend of April 29-30. The show brings together vendors from multiple community sectors including entrepreneurs, crafters, volunteers and student athletes. Red Cross will host a booth at the fair for the […]
Pride Aroostook recently held rallies in Presque and Houlton to support trans and queer youth. Around 11 people gathered on March 31 near the bridge on Route 1 in Presque Isle. On the same day, another group met in Houlton’s Monument Park.
Presque Isle’s only independent bookstore has expanded into a new space. Owner Laura Hale has moved Neighborhood Books from 375 Main St. to a larger site at 260 Main St., Suite C, between the Aroostook Agency on Aging and Big Cheese Pizza.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Presque Isle will require people keeping chickens in city limits to obtain a building permit for a coop.
CARIBOU, Maine — The Caribou City Council voted unanimously Monday to establish a new volunteer working advisory board for the Nylander Museum, while keeping the museum a special collection of the Caribou Public Library.
As Tim Doak prepares for his biggest career move yet, he credits close-knit relationships with students, colleagues and families for showing him what is most important.
FORT KENT, Maine — The need to travel downstate for major orthopedic surgical repairs could become a thing of the past for patients of Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent. Two new orthopedic surgeons have joined the hospital. The Surgical Specialties Office at Northern Maine Medical recently added Dr. Ian Dickey, who began seeing […]
It was just their first year of participation in the Maine Quiz Bowl, but Fort Kent students gave it their all and qualified for the upcoming national competition. The team from Fort Kent Community High School — Daniel Hafford, Ethan Raymond, Mitchell Harvey and Quinn Michaud — finished fifth in the state out of 16 […]
High winds caused power outages Friday for people in Houlton, Littleton, Hampden and Woodstock, New Brunswick, according to utility officials. Power was out to around 430 customers in Littleton for seven hours. A large tree came down on the line causing distribution equipment damage, including a broken pole that crews had to replace. Strong winds […]
WADE, Maine — Around 15 people turned up for Wade’s annual town meeting on Wednesday, March 22. The moderator was Jeremiah McIntosh, who was sworn in by the town clerk. The town passed an annual 2023 budget of $292,146, and voters reelected Dwayne Dow to the only position available on the town’s select board, according […]
