Last year, around 5,200 people attended the DustBowl throughout its three days, so organizers decided to add another day and more entertainment to the festival’s lineup.
The park is full and growing, largely because it’s willing to adapt available spaces or build new ones, small or large, to fit businesses, Presque Isle Industrial Council Executive Director Tom Powers said.
Council Secretary Paul Nadeau, who was the council appointee for the charter committee, said the last charter update was made nearly 20 years ago.
The nonprofit provides access to art supplies and materials, a space for people to meet and gather, and several programs and classes for children and adults.
Approximately $7,000 to $8,000 in funds designated to pay back a loan from Maine Municipal Bond Bank for road surfacing and reconstruction had been used to pay part-time election clerks in 2023.
The landfill experienced two fires over Sept. 14-16 and narrowly avoided a third on the 17th, all attributed to lithium batteries.
The funding will be used to renovate existing infrastructure and add new features to the Littleton Playground and Mexico Recreation Park.
Every year, the cemetery committee hosts a ceremony honoring National POW/MIA Recognition Day, which falls on the third Friday in September.
The grant will pay for building three more walls that will add 576 columbarium niches, as well as for landscaping to plant flowers near those memorials.
The audit showed the tribe needed to improve its documentation of projects included in a total of $4,359,339 in federal grants.
