Stories by Staff Star Herald

PI’s Thompson-Hamel acquires Bangor firm PRESQUE ISLE and BANGOR — The Presque Isle-based financial services firm of Thompson-Hamel LLC, which was originally founded in 1962, has announced it has reached an agreement to purchase the Bangor-based Farrington Financial Group.

TAMC’s Acute Rehab Unit holds emotional reunion PRESQUE ISLE — Staff at The Aroostook Medical Center’s Acute Rehabilitation Unit held an emotional reunion with some former patients at the hospital’s conference center in Presque Isle, and it proved to be just what the doctor ordered.

Cancer Care achieves accreditation PRESQUE ISLE — The Aroostook Medical Center’s Aroostook Cancer Care Center has been recognized nationally by the QOPI Certification Program (QCP), an affiliate of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and is one of only five such certified centers in the state.

Scholarship winner Kim Wilcox of Mapleton received the 2016 Reuben and Annette Cote Family Memorial Scholarship of $750 from the Jefferson Cary Foundation.

R.F. Chamberland salutes vets By Don EnoStaff Writer ST. AGATHA — Military veterans driving for a St. John Valley trucking company now have another reason to take pride while cruising in their big rigs on the nation’s highways.

Local woman buys Lakeside Cabins PORTAGE LAKE — One of northern Maine’s best kept secrets lies on the edge of the North Maine Woods in Portage Lake and it now has a new owner. Shannon Currier recently purchased Portage Lakeside Cabins.

Chamber chooses new directors PRESQUE ISLE — At its recent November meeting, the Central Aroostook Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors elected 10 new members. Their terms will run January 2017 to December 2019.