The University of Maine at Fort Kent will soon have a new leader in Deborah Heeden, Ph.D., who will take over as president/provost beginning on July 1. Read More
A Fort Kent couple whose restaurant is on temporary coronavirus shutdown is preparing and delivering free meals to seniors and a few residents with disabilities in the community. Read More
Alban Bouchard visited his wife, Rita Bouchard, who turned 91 on Thursday, by standing outside a window at Crosswinds Residential Care. Read More
Gary D. Blankenship, 35, and Brittany T. Dixon, 31, were arrested Monday after police discovered they were wanted by police in Tennessee. Read More
Ten Fort Kent Community High School students prepared to leave for an exchange trip to France will be staying home after the school board canceled the trip amid fears about coronavirus. Read More
Denis Tremblay crossed the finish line at Lonesome Pine Trails at 7:58 a.m. Monday. Read More
The tight-knit nature of the sled dog community came through for musher Michelle Redstone when her truck and trailer crashed on icy roads about 24 miles west of Quebec City. Read More
The weather may have been a bit chilly for spectators but was ripe for racing as mushers and their teams set off down the middle of Main Street in Fort Kent Saturday morning to kick off the 28th annual Can-Am Crown International Sled Dog Races. Read More
St. John Valley high school boys and girls ski teams took home both state titles at the Maine Class C Nordic Championships in Farmington. Read More
Caleb Hayes, a 15-year-old wrestler at a Belfast high school, said he is looking forward to his first official sled dog race in Can-Am. Read More
If the project for a new St. John Valley regional high school moves forward, there will be two more opportunities for the public to vote. Read More
The No. 3 Fort Kent boys basketball team punched its ticket to the Cross Insurance Center Wednesday evening with a 70-40 victory over No. 14 Madawaska in a Class C North prelim. Read More
The Fort Kent Town Council has asked the Maine commissioner of education what the town would have to do to withdraw from SAD 27. Read More
Fort Kent’s nonbinding straw poll vote on the issue will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, and all ballots from the three school districts will be sealed until counted Thursday. Read More
Since the Valley Unified Site Selection Committee in October chose a Frenchville lot over a Fort Kent lot as the site of a proposed regional school for the St. John Valley, the communities have been debating the issue. Read More
All three Burger King franchises in Aroostook County permanently closed their doors on Saturday. Read More
Three people were taken to the hospital following a Friday crash in Cross Lake involving two pickup trucks, police said. Read More
Riley Sibley, Desirae Hafford, Amanda Thibeault and Samantha Roy, all of Fort Kent, have been playing together since they were old enough to play recreational soccer. Read More
A group of Fort Kent residents has filed a complaint in Aroostook County Superior Court in Caribou asking a judge to put a temporary stop to the school consolidation process that has been underway for several years in the St. John Valley. Read More
Jordan O’Leary, 19, was traveling home from her job as a certified nurse’s aide at St. Joseph’s Memory Care in Frenchville shortly after 9 p.m. Friday when she lost control of her Chevrolet Malibu. Read More
