5 years ago
4-H Baby Beef participants receive donation
Participants in Aroostook County’s 4-H Baby Beef Auction, held at the Northern Maine Fair, received an additional gift from Lionel Theriault and Theriault Equipment recently.
Agriculture
5 years ago
Washburn couple reflects on nearly 50 years of life on a potato farm
On a hot day in mid-August, Bill White powered up the 1952 Model A John Deere tractor that once belonged to his late father, Bill White Sr.
5 years ago
Community celebrates return of fair with family friendly, agricultural activities
After one year without the Northern Maine Fair, people in central Aroostook were more than ready to head to the fairgrounds and check out the family activities and agricultural events that have become community staples.
5 years ago
UMaine Extension offers talks at Northern Maine Fair Aug. 5–8
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer several educational talks and demonstrations Aug. 5–8 at the Northern Maine Fair Exhibition Hall, 84 Mechanic Street.
5 years ago
Northern Maine Fair to bring smaller-scale fun
It might be a little shorter this year, but the upcoming Northern Maine Fair promises to pack its four days with something for all ages, from things with motors to agricultural exhibits to favorite foods, all in the name of old-fashioned family fun.
5 years ago
UMaine Extension program coming to Monticello to teach young people about farming
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension program wants to introduce young people across the state to the processes behind modern farming, and Corey Farms in Monticello is one of the places they plan to do it.
5 years ago
Local farm works to conserve brook trout
Through a partnership between Micmac Farms of Caribou and the state of Maine’s Soil & Water Conservation Districts, more Maine brook trout are being stocked in landowners’ private ponds.
5 years ago
Project Canopy offers free trees to Maine landowners
Project Canopy, Maine’s urban and community forest program, is offering native tree seedlings free to Maine landowners on a first-come, first-served basis. Limited quantities of six different species are available to order online: sugar maple, white, red, and Norway spruce, balsam fir and Maine’s state tree – the eastern white pine
5 years ago
Houlton Community Market sees first weekend of new freedoms
Houlton’s Community Market held its first outing of the year in Houlton’s Market Square on May 22. Two days later, restrictions on social distancing and mask-wearing for vaccinated people were lifted, enabling the market to return to something resembling its pre-pandemic self.
5 years ago
Extension to offer free tomato seedlings
University of Maine Cooperative Extension Aroostook County will be giving away cherry tomato seedlings from 10 a.m.–noon on Saturday, June 5, at the Aroostook Centre Mall parking lot, 830 Main St., Presque Isle, as part of the One Tomato Project.
