5 months ago
Pets and summer fun
Be sure to mark your calendars for the Maine Potato Blossom Festival household pet show on Tuesday, July 15, rain or shine. Registration starts at 5:15 p.m., and at 6, the fun begins.
Community
5 months ago
PAWS Pet of the Week – Gene
PAWS of Fort Kent introduces Gene, the sweetheart in stripes. This handsome brown and gray tiger kitty was quite shy at first but his quiet confidence is growing.
5 months ago
Littleton student gets scholarship
Farm Credit East, the Northeast’s largest agricultural lender, recently awarded $88,000 in higher education scholarships to 40 student recipients.
5 months ago
Student representative graduates
Alexandra McPherson (left), a 2025 Presque Isle High School graduate and first non-voting student member of the SAD 1 school board, is recognized for her service
5 months ago
SAD 1 honors retirees
The SAD 1 school board recently recognized retiring teachers and staff.
5 months ago
PAWS Pet of the Week – Trixie
Trixie’s story starts in a cardboard box left at the end of a driveway, a heartbreaking beginning for such a beautiful soul.
5 months ago
Houlton’s Midnight Madness packed despite thunderstorms
HOULTON, Maine — Just as most vendors were set-up for the town’s summer festival on Thursday evening, powerful winds shook tents as a thunderstorm burst overhead. But that didn’t scare anyone away from the 29th annual Midnight Madness in downtown historic Houlton. And by 7 p.m. thousands were packed into a several block area downtown, […]
5 months ago
Easton Jr/Sr High School fourth quarter honor roll
Grade 12, highest honors: Laynie Brewer, Savana Brown, Chase Flewelling, Blake King, Chloe Lento; high honors: Brayden Boulier, Cody Nadeau; honors: Colby Bernier, Courtney Gilbert, Gabriel Legassie. Grade 11, highest honors: Olivia Bate, Chloe Blackstone, Raiden Cochran; high honors: Ashton Embelton, Lilah Pelkey; honors: Jack McQuade. Grade 10, highest honors: Tobias Campbell, Olivia Hopkins, Haydan […]
5 months ago
Bell honored in 2025 Indie Book Awards
“We Are Human Still” by Caribou resident Maggie Bell (M.L. Bell) has been named by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group as one of the best indie books of 2025. Bell’s book is a finalist of the Second Novel and Young Author (Written under the age of 25) categories in the 2025 Next Generation Indie […]
5 months ago
HBMI and Penobscot Nation sign child support consortium
INDIAN ISLAND, Maine — The Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, in collaboration with Penobscot Nation, have announced the first-ever Wabanaki Child Support Consortium. The goal of the Child Support Services program is to improve the lives of children, assist parents in their decision-making efforts, enhance family values to the benefit of family members and their […]
