Ashland News Archives

“Ello, Ello, Hoperation? Could you put me on top of my wife in Fort Kent?”

The last fifteen years of Dad's working life was spent working as a janitor at Pinkham's Lumber Company, which is located just outside of Ashland on the Portage Road. via Magic City Morning Star

“Well, if you're only going to be gone overnight, that won't be too bad. I guess I could manage if these kids don't give me too much trouble.”

Where we lived in Aroostook County, Maine, it was about the same distance to any large body of water no matter which direction you went. via Magic City Morning Star

“They helped us make a safe place for animals that are close to calving. "On the morning it happened, we made one telephone call and people came to help get the animals out of the collapsed barn”

John and Noella Craig have discovered the kindness of friends and strangers in the last 10 days as they have tried to bring a semblance of normalcy to their beef cattle farm. via Bangor Daily News

“Nothing puts the fear of God into a man like being hit in the pocketbook or being rapped in the balls!”

Ashland might have been called a one horse town by some but, it was also a one cop town. via Magic City Morning Star