Crowds fill Fort Fairfield for Potato Blossom Festival
The massive parade is northern Maine’s largest and one of the festival’s most popular draws, a highlight of an entire week of activities.
The massive parade is northern Maine’s largest and one of the festival’s most popular draws, a highlight of an entire week of activities.
“We’ll be able to do a bunch of multipurpose things here, all for the St. John Valley.”
More than 400 students, advisers and guests gathered recently for the 96th Maine FFA State Convention, held at sites across Aroostook County.
Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson of Allagash swept the two-day stretch.
The Maine School of Science and Mathematics has been awarded a $100,000 grant from The Edward E. Ford Foundation, one of the nation’s most respected philanthropic organizations supporting secondary education.
University of Maine at Augusta Provost Joseph Szakas has announced the spring 2026 full-time and part-time president’s lists and full-time dean’s list, for respective grade point averages of 3.8 and above and 3.25 to 3.79.
Until this week’s announcement, recovery behind bars was the only option for people in northern Maine.
Her latest ride brought her to the Aroostook County origins of the cancer center’s famed Jimmy Fund.
Northern Maine Development Commission has been awarded a $360,210 Catalyst-United States Department of Agriculture Partnership grant from the Northern Border Regional Commission in support of Aroostook Rising, an economic development initiative of Aroostook Partnership.
The County Federal Credit Union has awarded a $2,600 community mini-grant to the Lister Knowlton Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Caribou in recognition of the organization’s unwavering commitment to supporting local veterans and their families.