2 hours ago

Bradbury Maple Farms among producers welcoming public for Maine Maple Weekend

When the Bradburys began producing their own maple syrup near their home in Bridgewater, they hung a few buckets from trees and, without access to electricity on the wooded property, came through the season with 17 gallons of maple syrup.

4 hours ago

‘Free hugs’ guy to present at UMFK

The University of Maine at Fort Kent will host peace activist and The Free Hugs Project creator, Ken E. Nwadike Jr., on Thursday, April 4, at 7pm in Fox Auditorium.

4 hours ago

Van Buren’s Berube earns Principal’s Award

Julia Berube of Van Buren, a senior at Van Buren District Secondary School, has been selected to receive the 2019 Principal's Award, announced Principal Karen DuBois.

5 hours ago

County Faces: Donna Grass of Sherman

Donna Grass, a resident of Sherman, recently celebrated her 94th birthday, and clearly that’s just a number for this active community member.

8 hours ago

Even the sky was celebrating

Before the Caribou Viking boys took down Cape Elizabeth for the gold ball, they had to get by Hermon

9 hours ago

Meet Candy from Fort Fairfield

Candy is an approximately 12-year-old female cat living in a Halfway Home Pet Rescue foster home.

10 hours ago

United Parish Church boosts local fuel funds

The United Parish Church in Fort Fairfield recently contributed over $1,600 to the Emergency Fuel Assistance fund administered by the Aroostook County Action Program, which provides assistance to income-eligible households for emergency fuel delivery.

11 hours ago

Cartoon of the week (week of March 20, 2019)

By E.A. Williams

12 hours ago

Caribou area From our Files (week of March 20, 2019)

Ouch -- John Plourde, a clerk employed in the Shaw & Milton’s grocery store, has been limping the past several days after stepping on a nail last Friday.

23 hours ago

Maine Poet Laureate to showcase poetry, art at PI library

Current Maine Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum will present a poetry reading at the Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library in Presque Isle in April while also showcasing a collaborative art exhibit with his wife, visual artist Susan Webster.

1 day ago

Miss, Little Miss Caribou pageants coming this Saturday

The 2019 Miss Caribou Scholarship Pageant and Little Miss Caribou Pageant are coming to the Caribou Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. this Saturday, March 23.

1 day ago

Study ranks Collins most bipartisan senator for 6th year

A study released March 19 by the Lugar Center and The McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University ranks U.S. Senator Susan Collins as the most bipartisan Senator for the sixth consecutive year.

1 day ago

What Mainers can expect from Trump’s changes to the tax code

Mainers preparing their 2018 taxes are finding out just how President Donald Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is affecting them in its inaugural year, and not everyone is happy.

1 day ago

Why Maine is seeing more record high temperatures

Since 2010, Maine has broken five daytime record high temperatures for every record low temperature, according to a new Associated Press data analysis of temperature trends across the United States.

1 day ago

Nordic Heritage Center gearing up for last leg of national championship

The Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle is gearing up for one of the biggest winter sports events since the 2016 World Cup Biathlon with the SuperTour cross country ski race finals from March 27 to April 2.

1 day ago

Woodland election results

Woodland residents cast their ballots on Monday, March 18, electing Will Barnum to the town’s board of selectmen for a three year term and Robert Butler to the school board for a three year term, according to the town office’s unofficial election results.

1 day ago

MSSM girls capture Aroostook County volleyball crown

The MSSM (Maine School of Science and Mathematics) girls volleyball team won the Division 2 Aroostook County Championships Friday, 15, at Washburn High School.

1 day ago

Winter varmint hunting a true challenge

Aroostook residents are enduring a particularly rough winter, and for sportsmen it has been even more challenging.