9 hours ago

Rain doesn’t stop Fort Kent Outdoor Center Summerfest

Despite rainy weather that put a damper on a few activities at the 2019 Fort Kent Outdoor Center Summerfest celebration on Wednesday, Aug. 7, there was still plenty of fun to be had. 

21 hours ago

Patrick Dempsey invites local family to attend Aug. 6 movie premiere in Boston

Moviestar and Maine native Patrick Dempsey invited members of a Fort Kent family touched by cancer to attend the Aug. 6 Boston premiere of a new movie he co-produced, “The Art of Racing in the Rain.” 

1 day ago

New wireless Internet service available in Fort Kent

Internet users in Fort Kent have a new high-speed wireless option as Redzone Wireless has expanded services to include the town.

3 days ago

Police investigating after bag of meth found on toy shelf in Madawaska store

A Madawaska store employee notified police on Sunday after finding a suspicious bag on a shelf in the toy aisle of the store. The bag contained a  crystalline substance which police determined through testing to be methamphetamine hydrochloride, a drug commonly referred to as “meth.” 

6 days ago

St. John Valley arborist wins Maine Game of Logging competition

When it comes to speed cutting, precision felling and sawing of trees, there is no better arborist in Maine than Andrew Marquis of St. Agatha, according to the results of the Game of Logging event at the 27th annual Forest Heritage Days competition, which took place in Greenville on Saturday, Aug. 11.

7 days ago

Fort Kent celebrates completion of levee project

A project five years in the making to help protect the town of Fort Kent from future flooding saw more than 50 community members show up to celebrate its completion at a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, Aug. 8, near the Fort Kent Blockhouse.

1 week ago

County Faces: Barney Pelletier of Eagle Lake

Bernard “Barney” Pelletier is well-known for being a dedicated family man, award-winning educator, and pillar of the Eagle Lake community in which he has lived for all of his 80 years. 

1 week ago

Fort Kent woman proves a tough competitor at Sunday River

Tanya Bourgoin Jandreau, a commercial loan officer at Acadia Federal Credit Union, may not appear at first glance to be a highly trained athlete, but the 37 year-old mother of two proved she is exactly that when she participated in the Tough Mountain Challenge.

1 week ago

Fort Kent man found lying on Heritage Trail facing charges

A passerby reported a male who appeared to be in need of medical assistance on the Heritage Trail in Fort Kent on Sunday, July 28. 

1 week ago

Police charge Fort Kent man with OUI

Officers with the Fort Kent Police Department responded to a report of an erratic driver on Thursday, Aug. 8.