Fort Kent News

For 39 days he outplayed, outwitted and outlasted his competitors, ate bugs, grubs and pounds of rice, slept on the ground and faced down some of Africa's most feared wildlife on his way to win "Survivor: Gabon" and claim the $1 million prize.

A former student representative on the University of Maine Board of Trustees has been sentenced on federal drug charges.

FORT KENT, Maine a ' A 67-year-old man has become the first to paddle his kayak without assistance 740 miles over the Northern Forest Canoe Trail from New York to Maine.

The Kennebunk Police Department's summer reserve and community service officers are already out patrolling the streets after signing on for the summer.

PORTLAND a ' A Medway man charged with distributing nearly 600 pounds of marijuana in the Millinocket area for Chad Marquis, 33, of Fort Kent pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Portland to drug and attempted Social Security fraud charges.

Joel Guimond of Track Down Kennels and Lodge talks with hunters while participating in the Maine moose permit lottery held Thursday at the University of Maine-Fort Kent.

BANGOR : Penobscot Theatre Company concludes its 35th Anniversary season with its annual new play festival, Northern Writes.

The Maine Association of Retirees members, at the Aroostook County Regional Meeting held on April 1, 2009 in Presque Isle, ME, voted to re-elect Paul R. Kelly of Fort Kent, ME to serve as one of three Regional Directors for Aroostook County.

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SIDNEY : Their neighbors say Sandy and Greg Cormier "put Sidney on the map," according to Sandy.

" Gov. John Baldacci filed emergency legislation today to repeal the state law that prompted Irving Woodlands LLC to halt operations on more than 1 million acres in northern Maine.

This series, highlighting successful and innovative public art, will take place at venues throughout the state beginning Friday, May 29, in Portland and ending at the Nov.

Panelists Charlene Giles, director of the Chicago processing center for the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification; state Rep.

Isaiah Martin, who turns 3 this summer, could be the fifth generation of Martins to work in the north Maine woods.

They ran past Kittery to Portsmouth, then back to Kittery at the finish line a ' Boba TMs Clam Hut a ' Sunday, May 31, 10 days after starting their Wicked Long Run for Camp CaPella Kids on Friday, May 22, at the International Bridge in Fort Kent.

Irving Woodlands is suspending logging and hauling on more than one million acres of forested land it owns in northern Maine effective June 1 over a law the firm contends is unfair.

Last Friday, Roger and Hogan Marquis of Old Town went out for a run and they're still running.

DEDHAM : Father and son Roger and Hogan Marquis began their Wicked Long Run for Camp CaPella Kids on Friday, May 22.

ROGER AND HOGAN MARQUIS OF OLD TOWN LEFT FT. KENT THIS MORNING ON THEIR 500 MILE RUN ACROSS THE STATE.

AUGUSTA : Biomedical research and education in Maine received a major shot in the arm this week with the announcement of an $18 million grant from the National Center for Research Resources, part of the National Institutes of Health .