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Eagle Lake non-profit to provide free Thanksgiving meals again

All Things Become New of Eagle Lake will again provide free Thanksgiving meals this year.

Wallagrass teen brings love of animals to new business

A 16-year-old Fort Kent Community High School student has turned her love of animals into the start of a career she plans to continue long into the future.

Creative after-school fun

Chance Beaulieu of Fort Kent spent some time after school working on a giant paper airplane.

Madawaska selectmen to meet Oct. 12

Madawaska Board of Selectmen Meeting to Be Held at The Madawaska Town Office Board Chambers, October 12, 5:30 p.m.

Next-generation mammography technology now at Cary Medical Center

Cary Medical Center is advancing the fight against breast cancer with the purchase and installation of MAMMOMAT Revelation, an innovative mammography system designed to overcome barriers to breast cancer detection and compliance.

Breast cancer survivors grateful for second chances

Don’t wait to seek breast cancer screening and treatment -- that is a message two local women urge people to hear.

Jefferson Cary Foundation donates to Caribou hospital

The Jefferson Cary Foundation, (JCF), a non-profit organization raising funds to improve health care services in Aroostook County, recently presented Cary Medical Center with a $40,292 donation to be used toward the purchase of a new state-of-the-art Tomosynthesis, or 3D imaging mammography unit, in the hospital’s Women’s Imaging Center.

St. John Valley Chamber director resigns

When Sharon Boucher moved back to her hometown two years ago and took a job as the director of the St. John Valley Chamber of Commerce, she thought she’d keep the job until she died.

Santa for Seniors will bring Christmas gifts to nursing home residents

A local drive aims to provide Christmas gifts to brighten the holiday season for seniors living in northern Maine nursing homes.

Women’s conference to emphasize healing

The Healing Waters Women’s Conference 2021, It’s Time To Heal, will take place in Van Buren on Friday, Oct. 8, and Saturday, Oct. 9.

K of C lotto winner, Sept. 20-26, 2021

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

UMFK professor’s works included in international festival

University of Maine at Fort Kent Professor of Music and Education Dr. Scott Brickman music was performed at an international music festival. On June 29, Trio Spillaert (piano, violin, ‘cello) premiered Brickman’s Dievs (2020) as part of the Osmose Festival in Brussels Belgium.

PAWS Pet of the Week – Ice

PAWS presents this single, white female looking for love. Ice is about 5 years old and was recently surrendered.

VFW auxiliary

The American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 145 of Frenchville, presented Cheryl Hallowell, principal of the Dr. Levesque School, a check for $1,071 to aid in the school’s recovery from this summer’s fire.

Things to do – Week of October 6, 2021

Wednesday, Oct. 6 CARY DRIVE-THRU FLU SHOT CLINIC - Van Buren, 4-6:30 p.m., Van Buren District School. Open to public. Children under 9 encouraged to receive vaccine from school or provider. FMI: 498-1112.

Fort Kent to be site of latest Drug Take Back Day event

The Fort Kent Municipal Building will host the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9.

Madawaska selectmen will meet Tuesday

The Madawaska Board of Selectmen will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 5, at The Madawaska Town Office board chambers.

Madawaska soccer players support their teammate through a major knee injury

When Cameron Migneault returned to Madawaska from knee surgery at Children’s Hospital in Boston, the first group of people to greet him was his varsity soccer team.

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