New Sweden News

Maine State Police are cautioning drivers about black ice on roads caused by dense fog and below-freezing temperatures after they contributed to a fatal accident in New Sweden.

Black ice and speed may be to blame for a fatal car crash this morning in New Sweden.

A New Sweden man faces multiple charges after a car chase Thursday. Edward Dunne, 41, was apprehended after an incident that began just after 9 a.m. Caribou police Officer Jason Matheson said that he was on patrol in the city when he saw a 1988 Dodge Dakota that he believed to be speeding.

Day two of the moose hunt today in the northern part of the state. The season's first week ends Saturday, and the second week will start october 12th in a number of other areas of northern Maine.

Seven decades ago there was no talent competition, no swimsuits and hardly a pageant, but in 1935 Helen Barnes was crowned the very first Miss Caribou.

There's a corner of America where the locals speak Swedish and live a life little changed since their ancestors arrived more than a century ago.

For many Americans, Afghanistan conjures up images of a Taliban-infested desert land where deadly explosions and gunfire are a way of life.

The Maine Swedish Colony Web site says, "Find your long lost Swedish ancestors at New Sweden's Midsommar Festival the weekend of June 19th to the 21st." And this would be an especially good year to check out the festival, since Lynn Johnson will lead two sessions for the workshop "Swedish Genealogy" - one at 3 p.m. and a second at 6:30 p.m. Friday, ...

All this week kids from Caribou, Connor, New Sweden and Woodland in kindergarten through the second grade are visiting the Caribou Fire Station to put their learn not to burn skills to the test.