Fort Fairfield News

Agolf club with an 80-year crossborder history and a Canadian farmer that is undergoing scrutiny from the United States Border Patrol received some high-level attention last week.

Samuel Adams is now the largest U.S.-owned brewery. Time warp President Bush announcing that he will lift a 1990 presidential ban on offshore oil and gas drilling: "The time for action is now." Whenever you see ...

The festival in northern Maine's potato country is now in its 61st year paying tribute to the state's most valuable crop.

For failing to provide adequate shelter and care to her pets, Linda Smith, 50, of of 6 Gambling Road, Carlingford was sentenced to pay a fine of $240 by September 5 or serve eight days in provincial jail in ...

The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, joined by Mike Allen, Member of Parliament for Tobique-Mactaquac, today officially opened the new border-crossing facility at Andover, New Brunswick.

The chorus of people calling for a new United States Customs Port near the Aroostook Valley County Club now includes a Canadian Member of Parliament and a United States senator.

Senator Susan Collins is proposing the government consider establishing a seasonal port of entry in Fort Fairfield.

A4 A handful of terrorists brought air travel in North America to a standstill on Sept.

B4 Plans are now well underway for the fifth annual County Gospel Music Festival, July 12, at FARM Park in Fort Fairfield.

Canadian and American golfers can continue their 80-year tradition of crossing the Canada-United States border to play golf at Aroostook Valley Country Club , but the long-term future of the facility remains in ...

When Richard Taft is on the job there's no question that he is in command of Route 1. Wielding his reversible slow-stop sign, Taft is a traffic flagger at construction jobs, and a man who loves his work.

There is a new place to do your shopping in Fort Fairfield, as a new community market opened this weekend.

After the business where they were holding their meetings closed, the Limestone Rotary Club sought assistance from the Loring Development Authority.

The U.S. Border Patrol has launched an initiative to attract more agents by offering them a chance to live and work in Maine.

Abundant Life United Pentecostal Church's newest spiritual leader, Reverend Richard Vincent.

“This is an opportunity for them to join the border patrol, go through all the training that every border patrol agent goes to, spend a short time, about 14 months on the southwest border, and then return back here to Maine to begin their careers.”

U.S. Border Patrol is looking to increase the number of agents in Maine by 70 percent. via WCSH 6 Portland

“When she did, the weight shifted in her car and she lost control of it”

A motorist who wanted to avoid killing a raccoon on the road ended up rolling her vehicle over Sunday evening. via Bangor Daily News

The federal government has gone to court to foreclose on land owned by a long-time Aroostook County potato grower. via WLBZ

“Rivers will continue to rise. Where there is river ice, there is always the potential for flooding.”

The rivers and streams in Aroostook County are rising noticeably, but meteorologists with the National Weather Service Office said over the weekend that few problems have been reported as a result of the ... via Bangor Daily News

“All of Maine mourns the death of another brave soldier. We will keep Spc. Koelsch's family and friends in our prayers during this difficult time.”

Maine has lost another. Army Specialist William Charles Koelsch III died in a vehicle training accident in Fort Polk, Louisiana Wednesday afternoon. via WVII