12 months ago
Houlton From our Files -Week of May 1, 2024
50 Years Ago – May 15, 1974
Over $1,800 Is Realized By Ricker Walk-A-Thon — Over $1,800 was realized from the Walk-A-Thon sponsored Saturday by the Ricker College Student Senate.
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12 months ago
Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of May 15, 2024
99 Years Ago – May 14, 1925
Breaking record — The Presque Isle Starch Factory broke all records for the month of April, grinding up 35,366 barrels of potatoes.
12 months ago
St. John Valley weather, May 15-21, 2024
A cold front will move across the St. John Valley today and stall out over the Central Highlands of Maine.
12 months ago
St. John Valley area From our Files – Week of May 8, 2024
50 Years Ago — May 8, 1974
$4 million in damages — The worst flood in the history of Fort Kent surged on a Wednesday afternoon in May 1974, after an ice jam let go in the upper St. John River.
12 months ago
K of C lotto winner, April 22-28, 2024
The Fort Kent Knights of Columbus have announced the winner of their ongoing lotto fundraiser for the previous week.
12 months ago
K of C lotto winner, April 15-21, 2024
The Fort Kent Knights of Columbus have announced the winner of their ongoing lotto fundraiser for the previous week.
12 months ago
St. John Valley area From our Files – Week of May 1, 2024
50 Years Ago — May 1, 1974
Ice perils Allagash bridge – THE Allagash bridge over the St. John River had a huge ice jam that threatened to destroy the bridge on April 24, 1974.
12 months ago
Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of May 8, 2024
25 Years Ago – May 12, 1999
Thompson received an award — Arthur H. Thompson of Thompson Associates in Presque Isle was presented the Lester A. Rosen Humanitarian and Achievement Award by the Union Central Life Insurance Co.
12 months ago
Caribou area From our Files – Week of May 8, 2024
75 Years Ago – May 12, 1949
Getting started on the Birds Eye-Snider plant — Workmen prepare forms for the cement pouring and start of construction on the large concrete and brick building at the Birds Eye-Snider plant in Caribou.
12 months ago
St. John Valley Weather, May 8-14, 2024
Partly sunny skies are expected Friday with a slight chance for showers as an upper-level trough moves over the region.
