Fred Ludwig News Today

The paddling competition came about because two friends thought it might be a fun idea to race canoes and kayaks in the spring of 1967.

The Meduxnekeag River Canoe Race is a decades-old Houlton harbinger of spring.

This marks the 56th year of Maine’s so-called harbinger of spring, and you can catch the height of the action at Six Mile Falls.

125 YearsFebruary 24, 1897A disastrous fire took place near Lockington about 8 o’clock last evening, involving the complete loss of the Rasor Flourin