The flu has arrived earlier than usual in Maine this season, prompting health officials to ramp up their annual push for vaccination against the illness.

Selectmen recently renewed the contract for Town Manager Ryan E. Pelletier through 2019, extending it by a year. Pelletier was hired in March 2015.

Four different players scored for the Warriors Thursday, as the boys team defeated the visiting Shires of Houlton 4-1 under the lights at Fort Kent Community High School.

A Madawaska High School graduate who spent 8 years away studying to become an optometrist has returned to the St. John Valley and joined the practice of Dr. Timothy Rioux.

Selectmen and Town Manager Ryan E. Pelletier began discussing the 2018 town budget at a board meeting Monday, albeit in only a preliminary manner.

Over the past few months, the Edmundston Police Force has received a number of public complaints about off-road vehicles traveling illegally in the streets of Edmundston.

A day in the life of Raymond “Butch” Thibodeau of Sinclair may seem like any other, but he will tell you with emotion that the life he and his beloved wife, Bev, had planned will never become reality; Bev was diagnosed with Alzheimer disease in 2013.

Ivor Weyeneth from St. David took first place in this year's pétanque season.

Mittens is the PAWS pet of the week. Mittens has been spayed and is up to date on her vaccinations.

Team Sawyer will walk Sunday, Sept. 24, to benefit a Fort Kent resident with epilepsy, and the group invites anyone to join in the effort in their own community with the help of social media.

Anderson Giles, of Presque Isle, has researched and documented World War II history since the 1980s. His connections with the historic war run deep in his family.

The annual Scarecrow Festival and Homecoming Parade featured more than 30 entries with the them 'Scarecrow Goes to the Movies' on Saturday, Sept. 16 in Fort Kent.

I met three outstanding young sportsmen on a recent bear hunting trip to Fish River Lodge at Eagle Lake.

Hello. My name is Richard, I am an alcoholic.

During Hurricane Irma, there was a phenomenon observed that is more typically associated with tsunamis. What happened was that, In some places, the water went out of the bays for a time on Florida’s Gulf coast.

During my time in Maine this summer, I visited all of the 16 counties in our state, hearing feedback from Maine people about the issues important to them, their families and their communities

The vote on the petition to stop spending any town funds to maintain or improve Pelletier Avenue will have to be redone due to voting irregularities at the June 12 special town meeting.

The Fort Fairfield Tigers came away with two wins Thursday, when they visited the Crusaders of Van Buren.

Under an unseasonably warm afternoon sky, more than 60 runners gathered at Lonesome Pine Trails on Wednesday, for a cross country meet hosted by Fort Kent Community High School.

Jenna Dugal and Hannah Nadeau scored three goals each on Wednesday, to lead the home team Owls to a 9-3 win over Wisdom’s Pioneers in a clash of top Class D North teams.

Fort Kent’s Austin Plourde scored the tying goal 30 seconds after Presque Isle had taken the lead and the two teams battled through the final 14:30 minutes of regulation

Fort Kent came out on top with a 3-2 victory against St. John Valley rival Madawaska in girls’ soccer action Tuesday, Sept. 12.

The Katahdin High School Cougars’ soccer teams traveled to the Madawaska Owls’ home field Monday where the hosts showed little hospitality.