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Fort Kent baseball field unplayable after flood Team can't practice, play games at Jalbert Park
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After a record-setting winter in the St. John Valley, Josh Tardif
couldn't wait to get outside.
One of only two seniors on this year's Fort Kent Community High
School baseball team, Tardif watched anxiously throughout late April
as a snowpack of historic proportions gradually melted away from the
Warriors' home field at Jalbert Park - albeit with little rain to
hasten the process.
"Every day I'd drive by the field to see if any more of the snow
had melted," said Tardif, whose tea...
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Dog obedience classes to begin in Fort Kent
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
; FORT KENT - Registration and the first class of the Fort Kent Recreation and Parks Department Obedience Dog School has been scheduled for 6:30-7:30 Wednesday, June 9, at the Municipal Center on West Main Street. The first class will be conducted without the dogs, and owners must bring written proof
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Fort Kent department to guide nature walk
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
; FORT KENT - The Fort Kent Recreation and Parks Department will offer a guided snowshoe nature walk for pupils in grades four through six from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 23, at the Jalbert Park Skating Facility. Two education students from the University of Maine at Fort Kent will demonstrate
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Fort Kent group works to raise funds for parks
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
; FORT KENT - The need for better outdoor recreational facilities in tight budgetary times is re-energizing a local group to raise funds to upgrade facilities at a municipal park and two schools. Linda Soucy, a member of a group that raised money several years ago to install lights at the high school
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Auto dealer citizen of the year Fort Kent man helped bring winter sports center, MBNA to town
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
; FORT KENT - A local automobile dealer and former economic development planner credited with bringing the Maine Winter Sports Center and MBNA to Fort Kent was named Citizen of the Year on Friday night by the Greater Fort Kent Area Chamber of Commerce. Carl Theriault is a native New Englander who
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Fort Kent takes aim at the best
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
; GLENN JORDAN Staff Writer Portland Press Herald (Maine) 02-01-2004 Fort Kent takes aim at the best Byline: GLENN JORDAN Staff Writer Edition: FINAL Section: Sports Memo: "Fort Kent is going to be seen as a skiing mecca." Andy Shepard FORT KENT -- Two conversations, nearly identical. One in a Salt
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Fort Kent marks centenary of rail service to town
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
; FORT KENT - Before the arrival of the Iron Horse here in 1902, the town was smaller in size and valuation than neighboring Frenchville. The arrival of the railroad, however, changed all that. Fort Kent's size tripled in three years and quadrupled again 15 years later. Frenchville, located 15 miles
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Flood-damaged Fort Kent facilities improving
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
; Things are steadily improving in Fort Kent in the aftermath of the flooding that ravaged the Canadian border town this spring. That includes the local recreation areas, which also serve several of Fort Kent Community High School's athletic teams. One of the more damaged areas in that regard was
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Hermon rolls to 3rd straight win Hawks' quick guards too much for Fort Kent
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
; HERMON - When Hermon and Fort Kent met in a Class B boys basketball clash Saturday night, it was a matchup of programs at different stages of development. For Hermon, the 95-46 victory was the continuation of a strong early season effort with its roots in the experience that comes with having
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Dog obedience school offered in Fort Kent
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
; FORT KENT - The Fort Kent Parks and Recreation Department is holding a dog obedience course starting Wednesday, May 21. The first class, for registration and collection of a $50 fee, will be without dogs. Dog owners must bring proof of dog vaccinations. All classes will be held 6:30-7:30 p.m. at
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Fast start, strong finish carry Orono by Fort Kent for 6th win
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
; ORONO - The Orono boys basketball team parlayed a fast start and a strong finish into a 51-43 Class C victory over Fort Kent on Saturday afternoon. The Red Riots (6-4) jumped out to a 10-0 lead over a Fort Kent team playing its first game in a week, then held on before scoring the final seven
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