Selectmen have approved a $6 million budget that is about $630,000 higher than the previous year and will result in a half mill tax increase to $20.20 per $1,000 in property value if OK’d by voters.

Basketball tournament week brought together small-school soccer coaches from western and southern Maine last February at the Augusta Civic Center to discuss one of the bigger issues facing their sport.

A coalition fighting new state rules that reduce solar power incentives has filed a new lawsuit against Maine’s Public Utilities Commission, arguing that regulators violated state law by approving rules that will raise their costs of connecting to the grid.

A Fort Kent man is facing a charge of operating under the influence after police responded to a two-vehicle crash on Monday afternoon.

An autumn storm is heading toward northern Maine, bringing with it gusts of up to 45 miles per hour Friday afternoon into Saturday morning, according to a wind advisory the National Weather Service issued Thursday.

Aroostook County health care leaders gathered in Presque Isle, Houlton and Fort Kent Monday to learn about the region’s evolving community health needs.

Basketball tournament week brought together small-school soccer coaches from western and southern Maine last February at the Augusta Civic Center to discuss one of the bigger issues facing their sport.

After record-breaking heat over the summer, and with the memory of a sun-drenched September moose season a year ago still fresh in biologists’ minds, it appears that this year’s moose hunt will begin with more traditional late-September conditions.

Wolfgang Hoeksma didn’t realize he was the oldest competitor in the Caribou Marathon until soon after finishing his race, but a smile quickly appeared after being told of the distinction.

Fort Kent native Austin Theriault, returning to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for the first time since 2016, finished eighth in the World of Westgate 200 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway late Friday night.

As snowmobile clubs around the state of Maine struggle with cash flow and finances, fundraising efforts throughout the year are a must.

The advances in goose and duck decoy appearance, construction, technology and tactics in setting out spreads have skyrocketed over the last 25 years.

A coalition fighting new state rules that reduce solar power incentives has filed a new lawsuit against Maine’s Public Utilities Commission, arguing that regulators violated state law by approving rules that will raise their costs of connecting to the grid.

Officials with Aroostook Savings and Loan recently awarded scholarships to two dedicated students from The County who are pursuing degrees in higher education.

Out with friends at First Mile Brewing Co. in Fort Kent, former Town Manager Don Guimond, who left the post this spring, received yet another award for his 25 years of service to the town.

Houston, NASA has landed in the Valley in the form of one Dr. George Nelson of the International Space Station Technology and Science Research Office, to discuss a special program designed for students to think critically and design prototypes the space agency might be able to use in the future.

A new bookshop opened on Main Street in Fort Kent on Wednesday. Heidi Carter opened Bogan Books for the same reason many people will choose to shop there -- she loves flipping the pages of a good old-fashioned paper book.

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry has received additional funding from USDA’s Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program to support its Maine Senior FarmShare Program.