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Supportive housing project closer to reality

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Aroostook County is one step closer to a new 14-unit supportive housing project, unique to the region, that will serve vulnerable people at risk of homelessness.

Polar Dip raises more than $10,000 for Special Olympics

Ice chunks floated not far from the shore of Long Lake in Sinclair but 35 people plunged into the freezing water during the 2022 Polar Dip for Aroostook Special Olympics on Sunday.

Fiddlehead Focus Crossword Puzzle for May 4, 2022

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.

May proclaimed ACAP and Community Action Month as Agency plans 50th anniversary events

Aroostook County Commissioners made it official, at their April 27 meeting, joining with more than two dozen County communities declaring May 2022 Aroostook County Action Program and Community Action Month in honor of the social service agency’s 50 years.

K of C lotto winner, 11-17, 2022

The Fort Kent Knights of Columbus have announced the winner of their ongoing lotto fundraiser for the previous week.

UMFK to become pet-friendly

The University of Maine at Fort Kent will be the first University of Maine System school to have a pet-friendly residence hall, effective this fall.

Kindness abounds

A big shout out to Carter Cyr of Sinclair. This kind and compassionate 12-year-old boy started his own business in the Long Lake area and donated a portion of his proceeds to the shelter.

PAWS Pet of the Week – Bubbles

If you are looking for an in-your-face type of cat that will provide you with constant entertainment, PAWS has the one for you. Bubbles is less than a year old. She is not only adorable but sweet, funny and inquisitive

Valley Girls comic – Week of Apriil 27, 2022

Just no willpower.

From our Files – Week of April 27, 2022

50 Years Ago -- April 27, 1972 County farms average 260.5 acres in size -- Aroostook County showed a total of 2,153 farms in the 1969 Census of Agriculture, according to figures released by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of the Census, a part of the department’s Social and Economic Statistics Administration.

Lille Museum nets grant for folk culture exhibition

The Association culturelle et historique du Mont-Carmel in Lille has been awarded funding from the American Historical Association’s Grants to Sustain and Advance the Work of Historical Organizations Program, which provides relief to institutions adversely affected by the pandemic.

Fiddlehead Focus Crossword Puzzle for April 27, 2022

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.

PondFest group to hold Mother’s Day and Father’s Day fundraisers

The Soldier Pond/Wallagrass Revitalization Committee has added a Mother’s Day spaghetti supper and a Soldier Pond Fishing Derby to be held during Father’s Day weekend.

Aroostook toddler partnered with Massachusetts-based runner in Boston Marathon

A toddler in Aroostook County was selected to raise money in the Boston Marathon Monday.

Newest queen has held every Van Buren title

Renee Sarah Lapointe, the newly crowned Miss Van Buren 2022, is the only resident in recent years to have held every single Van Buren title.

From our Files – Week of April 20, 2022

50 Years Ago -- April 20, 1972 Bachelors around in Aroostook County -- Calling all single women. Now hear this. Aroostook County is loaded with single men. Bachelors abound in the local area to the extent that there are, according to the official count, some 122 of them parading around unattached for every 100 single women.

Make-a-Wish to be out on a pontoon granted in Madawaska

A 12-year-old boy in Madawaska had his wish granted through the Make-A-Wish Foundation at V.I.P. Tires and Service early Wednesday morning.

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