5 days 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 weeks 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.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

2 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.

2 months ago

The horror that is spring in northern Maine

Ah, spring; ever the muse for scribes who wish to wax poetic about the seasons’ renewal, love, passion and new birth.

3 months ago

When wildlife resorts to extortion

Living out in the woods as I do, it’s really no surprise most of my immediate neighbors have fur or feathers.

3 months ago

Old style freight canoe taking shape in Fort Kent garage

Long before the roads and railways reached far into northern Maine, rivers and waterways were the major transportation routes connecting communities with the outside world.