10 months ago
Bridges and Carlow finish atop Easton spelling bee
The Easton School Department would like to extend congratulations to the winner Bentley Bridges and the runner-up Brenna Carlow.
Presque Isle
10 months ago
Fort Fairfield eliminates paid Christmas Eve holiday
Fort Fairfield will remove Christmas Eve from its list of paid holidays following a town council vote Tuesday.
10 months ago
Your change is helping save lives at NorState FCU
Since 2014, NorState Federal Credit Union has donated the user fees it has collected from the use of their coin sorters to local Aroostook County charities. NorState FCU has three coin sorter machines located in Presque Isle, Fort Kent, and Madawaska.
10 months ago
Presque Isle councilors reverse business park appointments due to conflict concerns
City councilors convened on Wednesday to reverse the appointments of two of their members to the board that runs the industrial park.
10 months ago
Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of January 24, 2024
99 Years Ago – Jan. 22, 1925
Rotarians pay tribute to Miss Knight — A glowing tribute was paid to Miss Edith Knight, county anti-tuberculosis nurse, by Dr. F. W. Mann, President of the Maine Medical Society, who addressed the Houlton Rotary Club at their Wednesday meeting.
10 months ago
Maine Community Foundation supports Wintergreen Kids News Network
Wintergreen Arts Center recently received a $10,000 grant from the Maine Community Foundation to support WKNN, Wintergreen Kids News Network.
10 months ago
Lions support ski center
The Quoggy Jo Ski Center of Presque Isle opened Jan. 17 for the season as a result of the recent snowfalls that have occurred.
10 months ago
Flying Fingo, the blind race horse
In 1953, Fred (aged 36) and Opal Johnson saw a blind horse standing in a friend’s stable. Since the fate of the horse would probably have been euthanasia, the couple decided to buy the horse for $75 as a humanitarian gesture.
10 months ago
With a laugh or two
The winter season is interesting. Climate change certainly has had an effect on life here. So too have Covid issues and other such ailments. It’s all part of change.
10 months ago
Domestic abuse homicide panel calls for police to improve welfare checks
A state panel that has been monitoring domestic abuse homicides for more than two decades found that when police conduct a welfare check a victim may be left at risk if the officer does not take stock of all individuals present in the home.
