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United Way calls kids to reading fun

The United Way of Aroostook (UWA) will host free, fun-filled Read Across Aroostook events on Wednesday, Aug. 2, from 10 am -11 am at sites all over Aroostook County.

Historical trek will locate Maine-N.B. marker

History buffs and outdoorsmen are involved in a trek into the wilderness to find an historic marker identifying the international border between New Brunswick and the State of Maine.

Evangeline, historical and modern, appears in Acadian Village exhibit

The titular character in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1847 poem “Evangeline” has become the personification of the 18th-century Acadian expulsion from the Canadian Maritime provinces, and a symbol around whom generations of Acadians and Francophones have rallied.

State’s largest retired educators group meet at UMFK

Aroostook Retired Educators Association (AREA) members met Tuesday, July 26 at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. AREA is the largest such county group in Maine with 505 members.

Wardens continue search for Rev. Thibodeau

Wardens are still searching a 300-square-mile area around Lee in hopes of finding a retired priest missing since July 15.

Police charge Cross Lake woman in camp vandalism

Aroostook County Deputy Sheriffs on Wednesday, July 26, arrested and charged Sylvia Hamilton, 51, of Cross Lake with burglary and two counts of aggravated criminal mischief

Moose causes two separate crashes on Aroostook section of Route 11

Two men escaped injury Thursday morning following separate collisions with the same moose on the Soucy Hill section of Maine Route 11 in northern Aroostook County.

Council approves bid to demolish old VFW

The Fort Kent Town Council voted on Monday, July 24, to approve a bid to demolish and remove the old Veterans of Foreign Wars building on East Main Street.

School board OKs telecom upgrades

School committee members on Monday, July 24, approved expending a little more than $33,000 in phone system upgrades at the high school, elementary school and central office buildings.

Couple looks to succeed with third restaurant location

Three years after watching their initial foray into the restaurant business go up in flames, Richard and Sandy Bechard recently opened Bechard’s Pub and Grille in downtown Van Buren.

Truck rollover kills man at woods camp

An East Winthrop man visiting his camp in the North Maine Woods was killed Monday when his pickup truck apparently rolled over him, according to a statement from the Maine State Police.

UMFK nursing students honored at pinning ceremonies

University of Maine at Fort Kent nursing students graduated from the program, with 54 of them attending the 33rd Annual UMFK Nursing Pinning Ceremony on Friday, May 12th at the Fox Auditorium on the UMFK campus.

Allagash couple serves up summer sweetness

Dee Jalbert and Paul Benoit opened a new business in Allagash based on a simple premise.

Responders extinguish fire inside Madawaska paper mill

The Madawaska Fire Department extinguished a fire Tuesday, July 25, at machine No. 7 at the Twin Rivers Paper Co. mill.

Houlton OKs recreational marijuana ordinance

Commercial growers of recreational marijuana are one step closer to being able to open shop in Houlton.

Rangers put out fire in fuel shed at Abol Bridge Campground

Maine Forest Rangers on Monday responded to a fire at Abol Bridge Campground, just outside Baxter State Park.

Rangers stop fire that breaks out next to remote store

Maine Forest Rangers responded to Abol Campground on the Golden Road where a shed caught fire Monday.

County Face: Steve Pelletier

A man with four jobs who graduated summa cum laude from college in his fifties, Steve Pelletier of St. John embodies the work ethic for which folks from The County are notorious throughout northern New England.

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