Jessica Potila, Author at Bangor Daily News

Partially blind and deaf Madawaska man qualifies for Boston Marathon

by Jessica Potila October 21, 2021October 21, 2021

Dennis Lavoie is partially blind and deaf, but qualified in Chicago for the Boston Marathon without accommodations for the challenges he faces.

High School Sports

Aroostook County junior scores her 100th soccer goal

by Jessica Potila October 20, 2021October 20, 2021

A coffee can call is just the thing to lure moose from the Maine woods

by Jessica Potila October 14, 2021October 14, 2021

Tiny skier from Fort Kent featured on America’s Funniest Home Videos

by Jessica Potila October 12, 2021October 12, 2021

News

Woman charged in Fort Fairfield drug overdose death

by Jessica Potila October 10, 2021October 10, 2021

Fort Kent school board 1st in Aroostook to consider paying employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19

by Jessica Potila October 7, 2021October 11, 2021

Friends since kindergarten, 67-year-olds bicycle from Kittery to Fort Kent

by Jessica Potila October 4, 2021October 4, 2021

Missing Aroostook County man’s fate remains a mystery 55 years later

by Jessica Potila October 3, 2021October 3, 2021

Aroostook County man’s passion for hunting leads to taxidermy career

by Jessica Potila September 26, 2021September 25, 2021

Northern Aroostook store popular with tourists sold to customer who wants to keep its traditions

by Jessica Potila September 18, 2021September 18, 2021

High School Sports

Fort Kent Warriors best Wisdom teams in St. John Valley soccer matchups

by Jessica Potila September 14, 2021September 14, 2021

Iconic Aroostook County restaurant to close after 50 years

by Jessica Potila September 7, 2021September 7, 2021

St. John man rescues childhood home from demolition

by Jessica Potila September 5, 2021September 4, 2021

Driver injured after vehicle strikes lawn tractor and rolls down embankment

by Jessica Potila August 31, 2021August 31, 2021

Presque Isle angler nets 5 winning fish at Fort Kent Muskie Derby

by Jessica Potila August 16, 2021August 17, 2021

Canada’s vaccine and testing requirements are keeping many Aroostook County residents home

by Hannah Catlin and Jessica Potila August 9, 2021August 10, 2021

Fly poop is ‘everywhere’ in St. Francis and residents suspect a Canadian chicken farm is to blame

by Jessica Potila August 6, 2021August 6, 2021

Donations pouring in nationwide for students and teachers of burned Frenchville school

by Jessica Potila August 5, 2021August 5, 2021

Newly retired Fort Kent police chief to oversee almost 4 million acres of Maine’s North Woods

by Jessica Potila August 2, 2021August 3, 2021

Frenchville school destroyed by fire did not have sprinklers

by Hannah Catlin and Jessica Potila July 26, 2021July 26, 2021