Fort Kent businesses are giving back to the town by way of a Community Cause campaign in which they donate funds to local projects not covered by the town budget. 

Nine volunteer firefighters in Fort Kent donated their time and skills to improve the fire station, saving taxpayers thousands of dollars in the process. 

Disaster was averted Nov. 18 when smoke detectors alerted homeowners to a fire that was ignited by a spliced-up phone charger at a Fort Kent residence. 

All are welcome to attend a festive parade and tree lighting ceremony to get the holiday season underway in Madawaska on Friday, Nov. 26.

Sophomore guard Vukasin Masic scored a game-high 13 points Friday night as the University of Maine men’s basketball team pulled away in the second half for a 75-43 victory over the University of Maine at Fort Kent. The win at Memorial Gymnasium on the Orono campus lifts UMaine to 2-2 on the season, while UMFK dips to 2-5.

Aroostook County will soon increase its law enforcement rosters with four full-time officers, thanks to a half-million dollars in federal funding that existing departments hope will help them curb the growing drug trade. Ashland Police Department has received $125,000 from the Department of Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Services program, which will pay for a full-time officer’s position for the next three years. The Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office will hire three deputies, having received $375,000.

Anyone who’s a baseball fan understands how rare and exciting a grand slam can be. Here in Maine we have a different type of grand slam.

The Aroostook League has announced the recipients of All-Aroostook all stars status for the fall 2021 sports season.

North Yarmouth Academy is the winner of this year’s Class D girls soccer state championship, putting an end to an incredible run by the state’s north regional champion Wisdom High. 

The Fort Kent Warrior boys did not achieve their goal of winning the Class C soccer crown, falling 2-1 to Waynflete in the state championship, but Warriors Coach Kalusha Kotes said the season was still every bit a success. 

“The game is afoot,” as Sherlock Holmes was fond of saying. November has finally arrived and the long awaited, much anticipated annual rivalry is on. 

The St. John Valley Mustangs defeated the Berlin Gladiators of New Hampshire 38-6 to win the 2021 Maine Independent Football League Championship. 

The Madawaska Board of Selectmen will hold an emergency meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 30

Rev. Dr. Ken Phelps, president of the board of the Aroostook Agency on Aging, recently acknowledged Sharon Berz of Limestone for an outstanding 45-year career in service to others throughout northern Maine. 

Because of a local family’s generosity, caring and desire to give back, many nurses at Cary Medical Center have been supported with financial assistance to help further their nursing education over the past 30 years.  

Maine Veterans Project was the recipient of funds raised during 2021 by employees of Katahdin Trust from Aroostook County to Portland.

The motorcycle season may be pretty much over until spring, but some people never really stop thinking about riding. That’s why a Maine motorcycle school is looking for trainers.

Aroostook Mental Health Services Inc. has joined the Northeastern Workforce Development Board’s Recovery Friendly Employer network. 

FORT KENT, Maine — Summer is fast becoming a memory as the trees along the Riverside South Trail in Fort Kent are quickly losing their leaves.

The iconic sign at the Gateway Motel toppled over due to Thursday’s high winds.

Prepare your pumpkins

Aftereffects of wind