1 day ago

Warrior boys best Crusaders in 3-0 soccer win

The Van Buren boys varsity soccer team put up a fight, but was no match for Fort Kent during the Warriors home opener on Thursday, Aug. 22.

1 day ago

Warrior girls defeat Van Buren in soccer home opener

The Fort Kent Community High School girls varsity soccer team played like the defending Class C state champions they are during the Warriors’ home opener against Van Buren on Thursday, Aug. 22, in Fort Kent. 

1 day ago

Accident in St. John causes serious injuries

An Allagash woman received serious injuries due to a single motor vehicle accident in which her car struck a utility pole in St. John Plantation on Thursday evening.

2 days ago

Voters approve 2019-2020 SAD 27 school budget hours before first day of school

Students in SAD 27 began the school year on Thursday, Aug.22, with a new school budget in place.

3 days ago

Rain doesn’t stop Fort Kent Outdoor Center Summerfest

Despite rainy weather that put a damper on a few activities at the 2019 Fort Kent Outdoor Center Summerfest celebration on Wednesday, Aug. 7, there was still plenty of fun to be had. 

4 days ago

Patrick Dempsey invites local family to attend Aug. 6 movie premiere in Boston

Movie star and Maine native Patrick Dempsey invited members of a Fort Kent family touched by cancer to attend the Aug. 6 Boston premiere of a new movie he co-produced, “The Art of Racing in the Rain.” 

4 days ago

New wireless Internet service available in Fort Kent

Internet users in Fort Kent have a new high-speed wireless option as Redzone Wireless has expanded services to include the town.

5 days ago

Police investigating after bag of meth found on toy shelf in Madawaska store

A Madawaska store employee notified police on Sunday after finding a suspicious bag on a shelf in the toy aisle of the store. The bag contained a  crystalline substance which police determined through testing to be methamphetamine hydrochloride, a drug commonly referred to as “meth.” 

1 week ago

St. John Valley arborist wins Maine Game of Logging competition

When it comes to speed cutting, precision felling and sawing of trees, there is no better arborist in Maine than Andrew Marquis of St. Agatha, according to the results of the Game of Logging event at the 27th annual Forest Heritage Days competition, which took place in Greenville on Saturday, Aug. 11.

1 week ago

Fort Kent celebrates completion of levee project

A project five years in the making to help protect the town of Fort Kent from future flooding saw more than 50 community members show up to celebrate its completion at a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 8, near the Fort Kent Blockhouse.