To submit items, please call 207-532-2281, fax to 207-532-2403, mail to PO Box 456, Houlton, ME 04730, or email pioneertimes@nepublish.com by 4 p.m. Friday. Thursday, Dec. 1 HOULTON: Free workshop, Essentials of College Planning, 9 a.m. at the Houlton Higher Education Center, 18 Military St. FMI or to register, call 1 (800) 281-3703 or […]
Contributed photo Local school children leave their mark after taking part in the Purple Pinkie Project on Oct. 24. Students at 10 area schools, as well as community members across the region, took part in this year’s event. PRESQUE ISLE — With the help of Rotary Clubs in Caribou, Fort Fairfield, Limestone, Mars Hill […]
Southside’s After School Program will host breakfast with Santa Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 8-10 a.m.
The menu includes pancakes, sausage, orange juice, milk and coffee. Admission is $5 per person or $15 for a family.
PRESQUE ISLE – The University of Maine at Presque Isle will host the Northern Maine Brain Bee on Tuesday, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Campus Center’s Multi Purpose Room. Lunch will be provided. The bee pits high school students together on neuroscience topics. FMI, contact Scott Dobrin at 768-9609 or […]
HWC will build direct electricity connection
Houlton Water Company officials announced Nov. 28, 2016 that the Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) has granted them the right to build a direct electricity line connection to New Brunswick Power (NBP).
The HWC originally filed with the commission on May 13. Hearings and technical conferences occurred throughout the summer, ending with the MPUC hearing examiner issuing a recommendation for approval on Nov. 4. On Nov. 22, the three MPUC commissioners issued the final decision, granting HWC the approval required to construct and finance the tie-line. In the very near future, the local utility anticipates a written order from the Commission verifying the decision.
SHERMAN, Maine — About a week before Thanksgiving, the Upper Valley Economic Corporation (UVEC) Food Pantry distributed 60 Thanksgiving baskets to families in southern Aroostook and northern Penobscot Counties.
Each basket contained a frozen turkey, fresh baked rolls, canned pumpkin, and turkey gravy that were all purchased from Sherman Thriftway. Other items provided by the Good Shepherd Food Pantry and Maine Catholic Charities included boxed stuffing, cranberry sauce, as well as potatoes, carrots, and squash grown locally at Gardiner Farms in Stacyville.
By Anthony Brino Star-Herald Staff Writer As one of the warmest Novembers wraps up in central Aroostook County, another round of snowfall is destined for the region, offering a good start for local winter recreationists. Through the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 26, Caribou was having its warmest November since official records began in 1939, according […]
Plant owner Fred Vahlsing still remembered 50 years later By Anthony Brino Star-Herald Staff Writer BDN Staff photo/Anthony Brino John Cancelarich, 86, shared his story about efforts to start a sugar beet processing plant in Aroostook in the 1960s during a recent presentation at the Easton High School library. This time 50 years ago, […]
Contributed photo Northern Maine Realty, owned by Jim and Debbie Shaw, recently celebrated the opening of its new Presque Isle office at 28 Houlton Road with a ribbon cutting hosted by the Central Aroostook Chamber of Commerce. From left are: Stacy Shaw, chamber board member and the owners’ son; brokers Sam Henderson and Greg Miller, […]
Contributed photo Richard Engels, Esq., of Presque Isle, second from left, accepts the 2016 Outstanding Benefactor Award from Northern Maine Community College President Tim Crowley, NMCC Foundation Executive Director Sue Bernard and NMCC Foundation Chair Gregg Collins. The Northern Maine Community College Foundation celebrated another successful year of fund raising and distributing scholarships […]
