The Maine State Police Troop F barracks in Houlton responded to a number of calls for service during the period of Aug. 29-Sept. 4, including the following.

The Maine State Police Troop F barracks in Houlton responded to a number of calls for service during the period of Aug. 8-14, including the following.

The Maine State Police Troop F barracks in Houlton responded to a number of calls for service during the period of Aug. 22-28, including the following.

The Maine State Police Troop F barracks in Houlton responded to a number of calls for service during the period of Aug. 15-21, including the following.

The Maine State Police Troop F barracks in Houlton responded to a number of calls for service during the period of July 25-31, including the following.

The Maine State Police Troop F barracks in Houlton responded to a number of calls for service during the period of Aug. 1-7, including the following.

A familiar face to Aroostook County residents has announced her candidacy for the Maine State Senate.

Construction crews will officially break ground on the new Madawaska land port of entry on Sept. 9 at an official, invite-only ceremony at the construction site on Main Street.

The Maine Senate on April 22 unanimously confirmed the nomination of Leo Trudel of Madawaska Lake to serve on the Maine Land Use Planning Commission.

Even though customers have flooded to the Madawaska Tastee-Freez since it opened earlier this month, owner Nick Guerrette often has to close the kitchen early. 

The Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes at University of Maine at Fort Kent will host singer Robert Sylvain on Thursday, October 13 in the UMFK Fox Auditorium at 6 p.m.

A cold front moves through today with scattered showers that will taper off this evening as high pressure builds into the region with partly cloudy skies.

On being bilingual

50 Years Ago -- Sept. 28, 1972     Building bridges  -- Work on the $1.5 million international bridge project between Van Buren and St. Leonard has been progressing according to schedule. The cement work on the upper structure of the bridge started in early September 1972 and continued for about two weeks.

The Fort Kent Knights of Columbus have announced the winner of their ongoing lotto fundraiser for the previous week.

You can complete this crossword puzzle online.  Just click on the box you want to fill in and begin typing the word you think is the answer to the clue.  

To the editor: An article appeared in the Sept. 7 issue of the Aroostook Republican announcing that the volunteers of  Halfway Home Pet Rescue in Caribou are planning to open a regional veterinary clinic. This clinic is desperately needed in northern Maine. 

On being bilingual

My husband and I recently re-watched a BBC production called “Blood of the Vikings.” No, it’s not the latest Stephen King horror movie, but a report of the archaeological and DNA search for traces of the Viking presence in England, Scotland and Ireland.  

So many members of my family and friends ask me the question, “What is it like to go into the hyperbaric chamber? Do you get nervous or are you claustrophobic?” These are expected and perfectly appropriate questions, my friends. And my answer is no. I do not allow my mind to go down that particular path because every session is vital toward healing. 

Do you have Welsh ancestry? Many who do haven’t tried to do much research in Welsh records.   The Welsh are a proud people, descendants of Celts. My own Welsh heritage stems from the Merrick/Meyrick line from the Isle of Anglesey, now Anglesey County. For about 20 years it was part of Gwynedd County, but after 1996 was reestablished as an independent county. 

Twenty-one years ago, I was working in the woods, out of cell phone range and miles away from the closest television. It seems like a lifetime ago — I had just graduated from the University of Maine at Fort Kent, celebrated my 29th birthday and had never stepped foot in the Statehouse as an elected official.