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.

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.

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

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

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.

Romario Romain (left) and Brook Wooldridge approach the St. John River shore at Riverside Park in Fort Kent after riding their two-man tube

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.

Whether you be a green thumb or just like looking at pretty flowers, the UMaine Extension Fort Kent Garden Group invites you on their annual St. John Valley Garden Tour on Saturday, August 5.

The Grand Isle ATV Club’s midsummer “Jamboree” this weekend at the community stage in Grand Isle will feature live music by Turning Point, as well as various food vendors.

By Bhava Albert

The Van Buren Chamber of Commerce will hold a “recognition day” to honor Miss Louise Dumais, the new Maine Potato Blossom Queen.

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With its marvelous parade, great food, fun, and friendships, Eastport is known for its memorable Fourth of July celebrations.

Here in the County, we sometimes see ice in the summertime. And probably every County resident has seen it at one time or another.

My reason for writing this letter has two purposes -- to work on healing from this horrific loss and to ask for better cell phone service between Van Buren and Caribou.

I shall not allow either Paul A. Cyr or James Chasse to determine my view of the Pelletier Avenue controversy because I see two sides of the coin.

From 1993 to 2006, I was a proud resident of Houlton, My children attended Houlton schools; many of my closest friends still live in Houlton or the surrounding towns.

The Caribou tennis team won three of the six divisions at the Northern Maine Community Recreation Association doubles tournament, played at the Teague Park courts Tuesday, July 25.

Fort Kent driver Austin Theriault was in the hunt for his fourth victory in the ARCA Racing Series on Friday night in the Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indiana but a late-race caution flag, caused by rain, proved to be detrimental and he wound up finishing fourth.

Madawaska School committee members voted Monday to hire Ben Gagnon as the new boys head soccer coach, according to Superintendent Gisele Dionne.

One hundred and thirty two golfers gathered at Portage Hills Country Club Wednesday, July 19, for the Upper St. John Valley Senior Golf Association’s fourth tournament of the summer.

The second senior ladies golf event of the summer was held at the Fort Kent Golf Club on July 12.

Scott Pelletier is hoping that a short basketball camp this summer will not only give his players some extra practice time, but help build future players.