NEW SWEDEN, Maine – New Sweden residents voted in favor of budgets for both town and school operations Thursday. Twelve registered voters gathered at the town office, with John Hedman elected as moderator. Most school budget articles passed without discussion. New Sweden is part of School Union 122, which also includes Woodland and Westmanland. The […]
Fort Kent’s record temperature for June 19 is 94, which was set in 2020. This year, it is poised to break that daily record by two degrees.
AWS collects recyclables such as bottles, magazines, catalogs, newspapers and tin cans from 99 igloos at 17 locations in Presque Isle, Caribou, Fort Fairfield, Easton, Limestone, Caswell, Cyr Plantation, Hamlin, Woodland, Stockholm, New Sweden, Sinclair, Portage, Mapleton and Washburn.
People of all ages, kids, dogs and even a cat meandered around the park on a sunny afternoon, as live bands played, rainbow flags waved and calls of “Happy Pride” rang out.
One flight per day will leave PQI at 5:45 a.m. and arrive at Logan about 7:10 a.m. Flights will leave Boston at 8:45 p.m., arriving in Presque Isle around 10:10 p.m., according to JetBlue.
The names of those who were successful in getting a Maine moose hunting permit through the state’s lottery were read one at a time Saturday afternoon in Riverside Park in Fort Kent.
If all goes well, downtown Presque Isle could have a new dog park and children’s playground at Peace Park within the next year.
Ploye Festival revelers had begun Friday with kids games involving ployes — Acadian flatbreads made of buckwheat — and the cooking of the world’s largest ploye that night.
The new Salted Butter Farm restaurant on Gardiner Road is a warm and quaint place that brings nostalgia to life in its Alice in Wonderland mismatched world of vintage china from grandmothers, aunts and long-forgotten attics.
Selectmen had a brief meeting on June 13 in which they welcomed newly-elected selectmen, appointed a new chairman and vice-chair, and held an executive session to discuss the town manager hiring process.
