It was another exciting year for business in the Greater Houlton community. Here are some business highlights for the first half of 2016, covering the months of January to June. The second installment will appear in next week’s edition.
Alison Gould HOULTON — Peter St. John, executive vice president of commercial services for Katahdin Trust, recently announced the promotion of Alison Gould to commercial services officer. Based at the bank’s Houlton location, she will be responsible for business lending and development in southern Aroostook County.
By Diane Hines Houlton Rotarian Contributed photo/Nate Bodenstab Author and Warden Roger Guay, left, was the guest of Houlton Rotarian Steven Nelson during a Dec. 19 meeting. Guay spoke to Rotary about his life as a dog handler and his search and rescue work. HOULTON — The Houlton Rotary Club met for its luncheon […]
Contributed photo The Aroostook County Action Program’s Community Giving Tree at the recent Festival of Trees in Presque Isle. Designed to collect food for those in need, the tree was made of boxes of cereal. Local IGA stores helped out the effort by donating 250 boxes to the cause. PRESQUE ISLE — The Aroostook […]
Contributed photo The Aroostook County Action program recently honored its longtime employees at a luncheon. From left, in front, are Linda Slauenwhite, Jim Baillargeon, Sue Powers and Mary Duff, all with 35 years of service. Back row, Addy Beck Bell, Vicky Corey, Scott Walton and Christine Dyment, five years; Jo-Ellen Kelley and Molly Nickerson, 15 […]
To the editor:
I have put off writing this ever since Sue Tortello complained about changes in the Pioneer in her Oct. 19 letter to the editor. She covered most of what I might have written and it seemed as if all editors involved would note the content. However, I do have a different perspective, having seen changes in local papers (daily and weekly, different publishers) in the Rochester area.
Headlines from 100 years of local news.
100 Years Ago – Dec. 27, 1916
Candy man— J.A. Millar at his candy factory in three days during Christmas week, with two men doing the work, turning out 6,280 pounds of candy. Some sweet work.
World Wars I and II were the most devastating wars in human history. Millions of civilians and military personnel were killed or wounded in these worldwide conflicts. The odds are someone in your family served in one or both wars and finding information on their service is easy.
Before you begin researching, gather all you already may know about the deceased veteran. Most kept their discharge papers and other documents and the more you find the easier your search will be.
As you can tell by now, I sure do like my climate stats, and in my travels, I’ve found that others like them too! So let me give you two to start things off.
The first three weeks of this month were much colder than the first three weeks of December last year. Using the energy usage index, Heating Degree Days, we have had about 50 percent more of them from December 1st through the 21st this year, as compared to the same period last year. This means that folks probably used about 50 percent more fuel during that three-week period this year.
“This is looking like a more normal year. By Jan. 1, we should have ice nearly everywhere,” said IFW Fisheries Biologist Frank Frost.
Many of the smaller lakes and ponds already have five to six inches of ice. “Even some of our bigger lakes are starting to close in,” said Frost, who noted that most of the larger lakes had ice around the shore.
