2 years ago
With less than 6 months to eclipse, Houlton focuses on what it can do for viewers
Planners anticipate the majority of eclipse watchers will have to find accommodations in surrounding towns across Aroostook County and farther south.
Events
2 years ago
Refuge celebrates 25 years of restoration
Land once used for bombs is now a haven for biodiversity and it’s time to celebrate 25 years of restoration at the Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge on the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone.
2 years ago
Wintergreen is bringing back the Family Gingerbread Festival
The Wintergreen Arts Center is bringing back its signature Family Gingerbread Festival on Saturday, December 2 at the Sargent Family Community Center in collaboration with the Kiwanis Reindeer Games.
2 years ago
Halloween events offer families haunted walks and plenty of treats
Just days before the first snowfall hit Aroostook, families were eager to step outside and see what costumed creatures they might find.
2 years ago
Aroostook Veterans Advocacy Committee meets November 18
The Aroostook Veterans Advocacy Committee will meet in the Chan Center at Cary Medical Center on Saturday, November 18 from 10:30 a.m. to noon.
2 years ago
Aroostook’s only natural history museum is experiencing a revival
When the Nylander Museum of Natural History in Caribou closed at the height of COVID, city officials were uncertain if its doors would ever reopen. Now the museum is coming back thanks to community advocates.
2 years ago
UMFK to host film screening on Northern Maine Borderlands
The Archives acadiennes/Acadian Archives will sponsor a screening of “La Frontière”, a documentary film on the border regions of Maine, at the University of Maine at Fort Kent on Friday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. in Nadeau Hall conference room. The event is free and open to the public.
2 years ago
Caribou man turning his front yard into a community Halloween party
What started as a Halloween party for his children’s classmates has quickly turned into Grant Spinney’s way of giving back to the community. Spinney, owner of Grant Spinney’s Construction, is throwing a Halloween party the evening of Friday at his home at 15 Vaughn St.
2 years ago
Delicious Drag Divas give a lively performance at UMPI
The cheers of people dressed in Halloween costumes reverberated in the Campus Center’s second floor at the University of Maine at Presque Isle on Saturday night. The drag show and costume party was hosted by Delicious Drag Divas, a Bangor-based group of performers.
2 years ago
Cub Scouts Trunks & Treats event Oct. 29
Cub Scout Pack 171 will host the annual Trunks & Treats event on Sunday, Oct. 29 from 2-4 p.m. at the Methodist Church parking lot, 79 Fleetwood Street in Presque Isle.
