1 year ago
K of C lotto winner, June 10-16, 2024
The Fort Kent Knights of Columbus have announced the winner of their ongoing lotto fundraiser for the previous week.
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1 year ago
K of C lotto winner, June 3-9, 2024
The Fort Kent Knights of Columbus have announced the winner of their ongoing lotto fundraiser for the previous week.
1 year ago
Aroostook’s Swedish descendants seek young people to preserve their history
A group wants to recruit a new wave of young people to interview modern elders and keep their histories alive.
2 years ago
Midsommar carries on community traditions in New Sweden
For the first time in several years, Midsommar began with sunshine instead of rain showers.
2 years ago
Aroostook international food festival to feature dishes from 21 nations
The community is invited to sample 42 foods prepared by area residents from 21 different nations at the International Food Festival from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 6
2 years ago
Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of June 19, 2024
50 Years Ago – June 19, 1974
Star City’s first feminine mechanic — The only female garage mechanic in the city, and possibly the area, enjoyed the process of taking a faulty machine apart, finding out what’s wrong with it, fixing it back together again so that it works once more. Stephanie Gilbert, a graduate of Northern Maine Vocational Technical Institute’s automobile mechanics course, went to work for Silver’s Garage on Houlton Road.
2 years ago
Caribou area From our Files – Week of June 19, 2024
100 Years Ago – June 19, 1924
New store opened — The opening of the new F. W. Woolworth store took place last Friday and was attended by hundreds of people, who not only enjoyed the fine music discoursed by a local orchestra, but the large and varied assortment of goods on display.
2 years ago
St. John Valley area From our Files – Week of June 19, 2024
25 Years Ago — June 23, 1999
High jump – Madawaska Elementary School’s Kevin Dufour received awards from the American Heart Association for his outstanding effort during this year’s Jump Rope for Heart activity.
