1 year ago
Houlton Festival of Trees surpassed expectations
This year’s event raised more than $113,500 to purchase medical equipment for the hospital and local nonprofit clinics.
Events
1 year ago
Dental clinic gears up for 10th annual Festival of Trees
Funds from the festival in Presque Isle, which raised $190,000 last year, help the clinic offer low-cost services to more than 3,000 children from all over Aroostook County.
1 year ago
North Pole Express mailbox brings holiday magic to Houlton
WHOU’s Chris Putnam, will read the letters to Santa on the air at 5 p.m. every Wednesday and Friday, starting on Dec. 6.
1 year ago
Aroostook winter festival moves snowmobile races to mall parking lot
Mild temperatures and little snow last year made the Caribou speedway track too muddy to use so organizers moved racing to the Aroostook Centre Mall parking area, creating a track in 36 hours with 400 truckloads of snow.
1 year ago
Acadian Archives to host genealogy workshop
FORT KENT, Maine – The Acadian Archives, located on the University of Maine at Fort Kent campus, will host an in-person genealogy workshop on Wednesday, December 4 at 6 p.m. at the Acadian Archives. The event is free and open to the public. The workshop will focus on online genealogy databases and the opportunities they […]
1 year ago
Houlton Festival of Trees is gearing up for Friday with tons of treasures
Organizers are hoping that this year’s event will raise more than last year’s whopping $95,000.
1 year ago
Wintergreen Express returns
The Wintergreen Express will return to Presque Isle on Dec. 13 and 14.
1 year ago
Fort Kent theater’s ‘Chicago’ will have program’s most ambitious choreography yet
The school is doing a “teen edition” of the play adapted by Concord Theatricals, which is specifically designed to be performed in high schools and removes overtly adult themes from the original musical.
1 year ago
Aroostook County’s first comic con continues with a lightsaber battle
The Houlton event opened on Friday afternoon with several gaming tournaments and will wrap-up on Sunday with a focus on Star Wars, including a lightsaber battle at the Houlton Bridge at 9 a.m. followed by a group walk through downtown and the church organist playing the Imperial March on the historic pipe organ.
1 year ago
UMFK honors those who served with early Veterans Day event
The event began with an introduction from Student Life Coordinator Stacy Martin, who introduced nursing student Rebekah Sanchez to sing the National Anthem.
