4 weeks ago

Yes, the Rusty Metal Farm hens are junk food junkies

To hear my friends tell it, the Rusty Metal Farm chickens are among the most spoiled and pampered on the planet.

1 month ago

Moose keeps stealing water from Madawaska couple’s pool

Like a lot of people with a pool, Kurt and Louise Wickenheiser are used to welcoming swimmers to cool off during the summer. Most are more than welcome.

2 months ago

Northern Maine beef farmers want to get their meat on local dinner plates

Northern Maine ranchers Erin Parisien and Richard Nielsen know a thing or two about raising beef cattle.

2 months ago

LePage signs food sovereignty law, the first of its kind in the nation

With a stroke of his pen, Gov. Paul LePage last week enacted landmark legislation putting Maine in the forefront of the food sovereignty movement.

3 months ago

Baby boomers taking up pot again may be surprised how much it’s changed

With both medical and recreational marijuana use now legal in Maine, today’s growers are combining green thumbs with advanced chemistry to produce varieties to treat everything from anxiety to pain.

3 months ago

Northern Maine legend celebrates first birthday party — at 80

Over the years, the forests of northern Maine have produced a fair amount of legends. Tylor Kelly certainly counts among them.

3 months ago

Never forget, all roads are private in the North Maine Woods

With countless lakes, ponds and rivers, miles of hiking trails and scores of campsites, the North Maine Woods is an outdoor enthusiast’s paradise with more than 100,000 people visiting the region every year.

3 months ago

Northern Maine library selected for new NASA-sponsored program

Thanks to funding from NASA, the Fort Fairfield Public Library is launching a series of space- and science-related projects over the coming year aimed at fostering curiosity and exploration of the planet and beyond.

3 months ago

Decades later, 800-pound model train finds its way home to Fort Kent

Fort Kent Historical Society President Chad Pelletier got a lot of looks on a recent drive north from Gorham.

4 months ago

Spring in Maine means frost heaves in the roads

Paved divots, asphalt crevasses, chuck holes, nature’s speed bumps. Call them what you want, “frost heaves,” are the seasonal bane of every Maine driver.