The festival, which began three years ago as an international dessert fest, has grown beyond just a culinary experience; it now includes live performances, children’s activities, a gift shop, and a live auction.
The grant will cover all costs of renovating and expanding its current space to include 15 computers and public and private video conferencing rooms.
The burglaries occurred during the evening hours of July 2 and July 3 at the Mars Hill Redemption Center, Al’s Diner, and Timberwolves Restaurant located, according to the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office.
Late Thursday night the sheriff’s office shared a photo on social media of two hooded figures at a redemption center.
The James School, a historic restored one-room schoolhouse, welcomed more than 40 people Thursday for the annual reading of the Declaration of Independence.
Residents of the two-story home were out of town at the time, said Captain John Thornton with Caribou Fire and Ambulance.
The evening parade also included the fire truck and ambulance from Madawaska.
There were so many entries in the annual Houlton Fourth of July Parade that there were 20 entrants still waiting when the first to go had made the one-mile loop back to the start.
It was a Midnight Madness of glitz, scents, food, music and neon-lighted bubble shooters as 7,000 people packed into several blocks on Houlton’s historic downtown square.
Tim Crowley, who has been president of the Presque Isle campus since 2022, announced his plans Wednesday.
