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Continue deer hunting with muzzleloading guns

When the regular firearm season for deer ends each November, a few sportsmen who didn’t tag a whitetail and aren’t willing to throw in the towel, turn to black powder hunting.

Board announces 2019 Butch Shaw awardees

The Northern Maine Board of Approved Soccer Officials recently announced their 2019 Butch Shaw Award recipients.

Use sounds, not silence, to bag a buck

Maine’s habitat of heavy forest, especially throughout Aroostook County, has dictated the most productive styles of deer hunting since the early 1900s.

Huskies fall short in league championship game

Hopes of bringing home a league championship were not to be for the Aroostook Huskies football squad Saturday.

Summerside prevails in hockey shootout

The Summerside Western Capitals and the Edmundston Blizzard played a real playoff game on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 17, at the Jean-Daigle Centre.

Western Capitals defeat Blizzard 5-3 on Nov. 16

The Summerside Western Capitals capitalized on the power play late in the game to defeat the Edmundston Blizzard 5-3 in front of a crowd of 2,628 spectators gathered at the Jean-Daigle Centre Saturday afternoon, Nov. 16.

Blizzard announces return of Lavoie

The Edmundston Blizzard is pleased to announce the return of defenseman and former captain Alex Lavoie.

Blizzard gets defenseman Ethan McLaughlin

The Edmundston Blizzard acquired defenseman Ethan McLaughlin Nov. 15 in a deal with the Drayton Valley Thunder, a team of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL), in return for future considerations.

Blizzard bounces back to beat the Tigers

EDMUNDSTON, New Brunswick – The Edmundston Blizzard scored four unanswered goals and managed to contain a late comeback attempt by the Campbellton Tigers to finally win 4-3 in front of 2,470 fans gathered at the Jean-Daigle Centre.

UMFK athletic teams end seasons, Lady Bengals notch soccer win

As Charles Dickens once said, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” And the same could be said for the incredible roller coaster of emotions the University of Maine at Fort Kent athletics teams went through as their season ended just a couple of weeks ago.

Lonesome Pine Trails annual sale signals start of ski season

While snowy winter weather isn’t everyone’s cup of hot chocolate, the opposite holds true for ski enthusiasts, several hundred of whom attended the annual Lonesome Pine Trails Ski Sale in Fort Kent on Sunday.

Warrior girls runners-up in second state championship appearance

The Fort Kent Community High School Warrior girls soccer team are Class C runners up in the state as Traip Academy won its first girls soccer state championship since 2001 when the two teams played on Saturday in Falmouth.

Special Olympians show off swimming skills, win awards during annual meet

On Friday, Nov. 8, a group of 53 athletes representing nine agencies across Aroostook County competed in the annual Special Olympics swim meet.

A Warrior-worthy sendoff for defending soccer champs

Students lined the halls at Fort Kent Community High School today where they showed their support and respect for the Warrior girls with cheers and applause as the defending Class C State Soccer Champions headed outside to board a bus to Falmouth.

Fort Kent outlasts Houlton in OT for ‘C’ North girls crown

The junior combination of Lacy Pelletier and Gabby Martin hooked up for their second corner-kick goal of the game with 7:40 remaining in the second overtime on Tuesday, giving Fort Kent a 3-2 win over Houlton for the Class C North girls soccer title at the Gehrig Johnson Athletic Complex.

Alex Arsenault crushes the Yarmouth Mariners

Alex Arsenault will remember this game at the Maritime Centre in Yarmouth for a long time. The young man from Saint-Charles, who just celebrated his 17th birthday just two weeks ago, literally cut in pieces the Mariners’ defense by tallying two goals and four assists.

Convincing victory for the Blizzard in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia

The Edmundston Blizzard didn’t wait until late in the game to get going. They struck fast Friday night, Nov. 1, in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.

The Blizzard pink jersey auction is back

To support the fight against cancer, the Edmundston Blizzard have put up, for auction, pink jerseys that will be worn during the Saturday, November 9th game at 7:30 pm at the Jean-Daigle Centre against the Fredericton Red Wings.

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