It was a busy weekend in the Shiretown with the annual Southern Aroostook Trade Show drawing an estimated 1,600 people to the Millar Civic Center. This year’s show featured an impressive collection of 46 vendors, ranging from recreational vehicles, tools, ATV’s, lawn mowers, tractors, tires, windows, building trusses, motorcycles, nursery stock, digital marketing, crafts and tourism to name a few.
Those genealogy shows make it look so easy, and it makes sense; we all want to flaunt our successes. It is one of my favorite things to do.
In this tough economy, making difficult choices when it comes to putting a budget together is something most every household can relate to. It has been a rough few years in northern Maine, and the outlook is not likely to feature a quick turnaround.
Therefore, school districts and municipalities are struggling mightily when it comes time to put a budget together. Every new purchase must go under a microscope to see if it is necessary, while new revenue streams need to be identified.
Turkey season is just around the corner, and what better way to kick off the upcoming season than by attending the 2014 National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) banquet hosted by the Crown of Maine chapter.
The most important step in genealogy is the step I find the most difficult — talking to people. I blame being the last of 10 children for this deficiency — never being able to get a word in edgewise, but I honestly don’t know why I am so shy, or why the right words fail me.
Every spring, as daytime temperatures begin to rise, but the nights remain cold and crisp, many Mainers head to the woods to tap our maple trees and collect their precious sap.
Maine has a robust and growing craft brewing industry, which employs more than 1,200 people. Our state is home to nearly 50 breweries producing quality beer from Bangor to Bar Harbor, Portland to Skowhegan, Biddeford to Whitefield and many communities in between.
On Aug. 5, 1974, the Northern Maine Regional Planning Commission (NMRPC) was selected as the lead agency for preparing an EPA-funded Clean Water Act (Section 208) “Aroostook-Prestile Areawide Water Quality Management Plan.” The study area included the towns of Caribou, Washburn, Fort Fairfield, Presque Isle, Westfield, Easton, Mapleton, Mars Hill and Blaine.
The most important step in genealogy is the step I find the most difficult — talking to people.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, last year the United States produced more than 3.2 million gallons of maple syrup, an increase of 70 percent from the previous year, which in turn generated millions of dollars in revenues for producers across the country including many in Maine.
