2 months ago
Maine’s first recovery high school has opened its doors in Fort Kent
As its first year gets underway, organizers think the school’s unique environment will give kids a better chance of success than recovery programs alone.
Houlton
2 months ago
Worthington Scholarship Foundation welcomes over 1,000 new Worthington Scholars
The Worthington Scholarship Foundation is pleased to announce that more than 1,000 Maine high school graduates have received the 2026 Worthington Scholarship.
2 months ago
These are the people tasked with keeping Maine’s potato industry healthy
Headquartered in Presque Isle, the board is a state-chartered head of the potato industry. It’s both the marketing arm that champions Maine’s No. 1 food crop and a leading researcher for its advancement.
2 months ago
The importance of tradition
Liz Wehmeyer describes her foray into what is now a full-time farming venture as a slippery slope.
2 months ago
Dealing with unorganized township records
I recently had a query regarding unorganized township records. Maine has 424 unorganized townships and territories with more than 9,000 residents in 12 counties, mainly in the northern half of the state.
2 months ago
Support our nurses
To the editor:
There is no good reason the Houlton Regional Hospital nurses continue to work without proper staffing.
2 months ago
Greenlaw Electric presents $5,000 sponsorship for Walk for Hospice
With the 4th Annual Walk for Hospice just over a month away, the Aroostook Hospice Foundation recognized Greenlaw Electric LLC as the returning event sponsor with a $5,000 contribution in support of this year’s walk.
2 months ago
Awesome August bass action
I spent the first 17 years of my life in Robinson village, 100 yards from Prestile Stream, one of the finest limestone book trout waterways in Maine, perhaps New England.
2 months ago
Youth construction graduates receive stipends
Community Action in Aroostook, Washington, and Hancock Counties received funding to provide $800 stipends to students who successfully completed the Construction Academy at Region Two School of Applied Technology in Houlton.
2 months ago
Tapping into the roots of native plants is a County teacher’s decades-long obsession
An Aroostook County teacher who helps students explore planting, composting, seed gathering and formulating herbal remedies is now taking those same lessons into the community. Shelly Bouchard has been gathering, growing and learning about the benefits and uses of northern Maine plants since she was a young girl. While pregnant with her now 28 year-old […]
