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UMFK hosts 143rd commencement

2 days ago | thecounty.me | Chris Bouchard

FORT KENT, Maine — The University of Maine at Fort Kent graduated 198 students and conferred 208 degrees during its 143rd commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 10. The ceremony, held at the UMFK Sports Center, also marked the first graduating class for its new master of science in nursing program.
Trump budget cuts target national design program that helped rural Maine towns

4 days ago | thecounty.me | Chris Bouchard

VAN BUREN, Maine — Budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration would cancel funding for a program that has created national connections and funding opportunities for rural towns in Maine and throughout the country. The 30-year-old Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design program is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which Trump has targeted for elimination in his budget proposal.
Canoe racing is returning to the Allagash

5 days ago | thecounty.me | Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli

ALLAGASH, Maine — A new 15-mile downriver Class II whitewater canoe and kayak race is sparking some buzz among veteran paddlers still deciding whether to make the trek north on May 18. The 1st Annual Tylor Kelly Allagash Dash, slated for 10 a.m. May 18, was recognized by Maine Canoe & Kayak Racing Organization as the 11th race in a 2025 series that awards racers points as it goes along, according to Jake Feener, who is organizing the event with his wife Lisa.
10th annual Community Wide Yard Sale to cover much of St. John Valley

5 days ago | thecounty.me | Chris Bouchard

MADAWASKA, Maine — More than half a dozen northern Aroostook communities will be involved in the upcoming Community Wide Yard Sale later this month, hosted by the St. John Valley Chamber of Commerce & Tourism. The yard sale, set for the weekend of May 24 and 25, will cover the chamber’s entire coverage area, which includes Cyr Plantation, Grand Isle, Frenchville, Madawaska, Sinclair, St. Agatha, St. David and Van Buren.
Aroostook man arrested on attempted sex trafficking charges

1 week ago | thecounty.me | Paula Brewer

The FBI has arrested a Presque Isle man for alleged attempted sex trafficking of a child. Joseph Maile, 27, who was previously a registered sex offender, was arrested and charged this week as part of an FBI-led operation called Operation Restore Justice, which targeted alleged sexual predators across the nation. Maile’s case included a January investigation at a home in Presque Isle.
Aroostook’s only homeless shelter seeks a lifeline from Presque Isle

1 week ago | thecounty.me | Paula Brewer

Aroostook County’s only shelter for the homeless is seeking a $150,000 loan from the city of Presque Isle to keep operating. Homeless Services of Aroostook Executive Director Kari Bradstreet requested the loan to cover expenses for three months until the anticipated passage of state legislation that would fund Maine’s emergency shelters. Without those expected funds, Bradstreet previously warned that the shelter could have been forced to close.
DARE is making a comeback in Maine schools

1 week ago | thecounty.me | Paula Brewer

FORT FAIRFIELD, Maine — Before a packed audience on a recent evening at Fort Fairfield Elementary School, local police officer Sgt. Jesse Cormier asked a group of 61 students a simple question. “What day is it?” Cormier asked. “DARE day!” the graduates responded in a raucous cheer. That term, DARE, was also splashed across the red T-shirts the students wore.
Valley town and paper mill clash over tax bill

1 week ago | thecounty.me | Chris Bouchard

MADAWASKA, Maine — Madawaska and its biggest employer, Twin Rivers Paper Co., are clashing after town officials denied a request to lower the assessed value of the mill’s real estate by $25.3 million to reduce its overall tax bill. The Select Board made the decision last week, during a heated hour-and-a-half discussion with company officials.
Maine paddling legends tackle the Meduxnekeag Canoe Race

1 week ago | thecounty.me | Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli

HOULTON, Maine — The first paddlers in the Meduxnekeag Canoe Race rounded the final river bend at 11:24 a.m. before the finish Saturday. Seasoned racers J.D. Burke and Brady Burke, in their 1985 Wenonah Kevlar canoe, were the first paddlers to cross the finish line in the eight-mile staggered start in the Down River Series race, placing first in their class with a time of 1:25:12.
Following Van Buren's lead, other towns eye college collabs

1 week ago | thecounty.me | Chris Bouchard

VAN BUREN, Maine – When Scott Schmidt, a professor at Drexel, Georgetown and Clemson universities, was looking up rural design on Google, he never could have guessed that it would lead to several successful collaborations between his students and the town of Van Buren. Now, Schmidt is starting to work with other Aroostook communities.