SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Husson University sophomore guard Kenzie Worcester has been named to the New England Women’s Basketball Association (NEWBA) Honor Roll, making it the first time this season an Eagle player has claimed this honor.
It’s a quick turnaround for coach Logan McLaughlin’s Fort Fairfield Tigers. Following a dominating performance last night at home against the Washburn Beavers, Fort Fairfield is back to work tonight in an important contest against Easton, the fourth-place team in Class D North with a 7-5 record.
Due to severe weather earlier in December, the Mapleton Baptist Church had to postpone the performance of their cantata “He Came to Us.”
The first round of the 2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee was held at the Easton Junior-Senior High School gymnasium Jan. 11 and congratulations goes to the winner, Logan Bernier, and the runner up, Mitchell Flewelling.
102 Years Ago – Jan. 21, 1915
School inspection — Col. C.P. Allen, a member of the Board of Trustees of the State Normal Schools, who accompanied Supt. Payson Smith and the members of the Educational Committee to the upper part of the County on a trip of school inspection, said they found the Fort Kent Training School at high water mark of efficiency and prosperity. They had 175 pupils, the largest number in the history of the school.
PRESQUE ISLE — The United Way of Aroostook is looking for its next Northern Star and invites individuals, groups and families to perform.
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Tuesday, Jan. 10
East Grand 45, Ashland 42
Washburn 56, Van Buren 21
Fort Fairfield 50, Hodgdon 28
Presque Isle 76, Caribou 46
Contributed photo/ Steven Johnson A potato in August 2015 that is infected with Dickeya dianthicola, a bacteria that causes the rotting disease blackleg. CARIBOU, Maine — Potato farmers, researchers, industry advocates and representatives from agricultural companies are gathering to discuss the latest issues in raising potatoes at the 32nd annual Maine Potato Conference […]
The Fort Fairfield girls made it four wins in their last five games by prevailing at home over Easton in overtime Saturday night.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — A new propane distribution facility is opening in the Skyway Industrial Park, replacing a similar structure in Caribou that’s no longer being serviced by the railroad and state government.
