The John A. Millar Civic Center in Houlton will be temporarily closed for at least 10 days after it was announced that a member of the Houlton Parks and Recreation Department has tested positive for COVID-19.
Members of Aroostook Partners in the Arts have begun collecting and distributing bags of art supplies in hopes of giving children in foster care creative outlets to express themselves and connect with their new families.
The following births were recently announced at Houlton Regional Hospital:
The show must go on, according to organizers of a popular winter event held in the Shiretown.
William Oryn Duffy, the first-born son of April and Bill Duffy of Houlton, became the first baby born in 2021 at Northern Light A.R. Gould Hospital in Presque Isle.
Limestone celebrated its annual light parade on Saturday, Dec. 12, with this year’s theme being “A Small Town Christmas.”
The Presque Isle Historical Society transported people back in time to the Victorian Era, a time that introduced an array of inventions that still exist in some form today.
Though Houlton has been much more protected from COVID-19 since the pandemic began back in March, the last few weeks have shown that the area is certainly not immune to the spread of the virus.
Visitors to the Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library would see a large Christmas tree made up of hundreds of books standing near the front entrance during a typical December — a celebration of the holiday and of the library’s mission to serve readers of all ages.
St. Mary’s Catholic Church will host a traditional turkey dinner for the public again this year on Thanksgiving Day, albeit in a slightly different format.
