In a time when police officers are in short supply throughout the country, the Fort Kent Police Department is fully staffed with the addition of two new officers.
It takes a village to bring together a large-scale musical production involving dozens of student actors, and fortunately for fans of live theater, Fort Kent has some dedicated villagers.
Fort Kent voters passed all 63 articles of a proposed town budget with an estimated net tax commitment of $4.9 million during the annual town meeting on Monday, March 28.
Whatever your view of it, town meeting time often brings out a few national media types who tromp through the snow to a meeting somewhere in Maine, New Hampshire or Vermont, sit for a few minutes of debate about, say, buying radios for the fire company, shoot some film and file a story about crusty old New Englanders governing themselves.