BANGOR (AP) — The Bangor State Fair is getting under way for the 164th year. The 10-day fair opens Friday and continues through Aug. 4. The fair is one of the largest in Maine, drawing 60,000 to 70,000 people each year. It features a midway, animal exhibits, music, crafts, animal-pulling events, harness racing, a demolition […]
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County sees July baby boom as Brits celebrate royal birth
PRESQUE ISLE — As the U.K. commemorated the royal birth with a 41-gun salute this week, Aroostook County was already reveling in a baby boom of its own. Nine babies were born during the week of July 15, eight of them during a 72-hour window, at A.R. Gould Memorial Hospital in Presque Isle. “For a hospital […]
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Antique tractors roll into Presque Isle
PRESQUE ISLE – It takes more than a little wet weather to keep die hard tractor fans away from their beloved machines. Despite rainy conditions for two of the three days at the Tired Iron Roundup this weekend at the Presque Isle fairgrounds, lovers of all things farm related, rusty and restored were checking out […]