New Sweden’s annual Midsommar festival, which highlights Swedish traditions, and Hundrafemtio (150th anniversary) celebrations are once again placed on hold this year due to uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Linneus youth received a special visit from his local fire department March 20 as part of the Make-a-Wish program.
The Aroostook County Action Program childcare program expansion has made space for 24 more children in Presque Isle.
The Caribou VFW is hosting a free spring bike raffle for the duration of March in which one boy and one girl in three age groups (0-7, 8-12, and 13-17) will be given a free bike and helmet.
Families in the Limestone area came out to Albert Michaud Park for the town’s annual “Winter Fun Day” event, where they enjoyed activities including ice skating, sliding, snowshoe races and hot dog roasts.
Ice skating, snowshoeing, music, hot dog roasting, painting and even a bonfire will be offered at Limestone’s Winter Fun Day event on Feb. 27.
On a warm summer day in July 2016, then 13-year-old Jacob Williams woke up to find Fort Fairfield Police Chief Shawn Newell ready to take him on a surprise trip to the police station.
The following birth was recently announced at Northern Maine Medical Center.
Kevin Simmons, who owned the Caribou and Presque Isle Inn and Convention Centers, lost a 15-year-long battle to illness on Jan. 16.
In the past 24 years that Aroostook State Park has offered its annual Winter Family Fun Day, park manager Scott Thompson and his staff have only canceled the event twice.
