A Presque Isle man was arrested on a methamphetamine charge after an incident in the parking lot at Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent.

A Madawaska man is facing criminal charges and a Frenchville woman has been hospitalized following a single vehicle accident in Fort Kent.

During a press conference in Bangor on a missing persons case Friday, Lt. Troy Gardner of the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit offered a brief update on the Castle Hill double-homicide investigation that began on Aug. 13. 

An Aroostook County grand jury indicted a  Fort Kent man earlier this month for his alleged role in an ATV chase that resulted in a game warden being injured.

The Maine State Police Troop F barracks in Houlton responded to a number of calls for service during the period of Aug. 26 to Sept. 2, including the following.

The Madawaska Police Department wants people to successfully comply with the state’s new “hands-free” law that prohibits the use of handheld phones and devices while driving. 

Maine reported four new cases of a severe lung illness connected to vaping on Thursday, bringing the total number of documented cases in the Pine Tree State to five. The first was reported two weeks ago.

Fall has only just arrived, but Friday morning will for some Mainers bring the first snow of the season.

Maine astronaut Jessica Meir has been aboard the International Space Station only a few days, but she is already at work on experiments that could prove key to cancer patients down here on Earth.

Over three decades helping manage the state’s bird populations, biologist Brad Allen has learned a lot about the game birds — like ruffed grouse — that Mainers like to hunt.

When Jan Grieco of Perham was a young newspaper journalist working for the Derry News in Derry, New Hampshire, in the early 1970s, she was thrown into a difficult assignment that proved to be a turning point in her career.

Simon Paradis, 6, (left) paints pumpkins with brother Saul Paradis, 3, (right) and Mme Teresa Ringuette, 93.

Students and community members planted flowers on the front lawn of Fort Kent Community High School on Wednesday, Oct. 9, to raise awareness about mental illness. 

You can complete this crossword puzzle online.  Just click on the box you want to fill in and begin typing the word you think is the answer to the clue.

Laughter filled the dining hall at Country Village Estates on Saturday, Oct. 5, as the fun of painting pumpkins crossed generational lines.

PAWS Animal Welfare Shelter presents Molly as the Pet of the Week.

Prior to the 2016 elections, Hillary Clinton had been before a Republican Congress numerous times on Benghazi and lost emails. Seven investigations later it was found there was no wrongdoing. The Republicans severely pilloried Hillary Clinton, all for political gain. They are still at it.

As a resident of Fort Kent and Superintendent of Schools for all three school units in the Valley Unified Education Service Center, I am writing to ask the individual or group behind the “Keep our Schools in Fort Kent” and “Help Save Our School” signs to stop posting these throughout our community, as they constitute a misrepresentation of community sentiment in Fort Kent and across MSAD 27. 

This letter is addressed to everyone in the Valley who has reservations about the new proposed Regional School. We are on the Site Selection Committee for one reason: to bring a curriculum to the Valley students that is not currently available at any of the schools in use today.

Is there ever a time to stop working on your genealogy and declare it done? The answer is, it depends.  

Oct. 5 was a day of solemn remembrance as firefighters, families, and grateful citizens from throughout our state gathered at the Maine Firefighters Memorial to pay tribute to the men and women of our fire services who have dedicated their lives to protecting us. 

This week, Oct. 6-12, is a week dedicated to what many acknowledge as journalism’s first stronghold.  It is National Newspaper Week.