St. John Valley

3 weeks ago

Celebrating family caregivers

To the editor:
November is Maine Family Caregivers Month — a time to recognize the thousands of Mainers who provide unpaid care to loved ones.

3 weeks ago

There really were poor farms

Poor farms or town farms were rural New England’s way of caring for indigent people before today’s welfare and Social Security were created.

3 weeks ago

PAWS Pet of the Week – Copper

PAWS of Fort Kent presents Copper. If you’ve ever dreamed of having a cat who truly adores you, Copper is your boy.

3 weeks ago

PAWS Pet of the Week – Callie

PAWS of Fort Kent presents Callie, an 11-month-old beauty. She’s past the wild kitten chaos but still full of youthful charm, curiosity and playful energy.

3 weeks ago

Northern Maine Medical Center nurses seek to remove union

FORT KENT, Maine – The National Labor Relations Board notified Northern Maine Medical Center on Sept 15 that the registered nurses have asked that a secret ballot election be held to decertify the union, which means conducting a vote to remove the union’s representation of the nurses at NMMC. We expected the election to take place in the month […]