BUCKSPORT, Maine — After seeing a 12-point fourth quarter lead erased, Bodey McPherson made two late free throws and provided the game-sealing steal to give the Presque Isle High School Wildcats a 51-44 win over Bucksport on January 29. Brent Greenlaw and Cruze Casavant both scored 10 points a piece for the now 8-8 Wildcats. […]
CARIBOU, Maine — The Aroostook Veterans Advocacy Committee will meet on Saturday, February 15 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Chan Center at Cary Medical Center. Updates on veterans benefits including end of life issues will be presented along with updaters on the Caribou Maine Veterans Home. All area veterans and spouses are urged […]
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Wintergreen Arts Center will feature tattoo artist Nichole Smith of Buttercup Studio during the month of February. The opening reception of Nichole’s show will be held Friday evening, February 7 from 6-7:45 p.m. during Presque Isle’s First Friday Art Walk. Live music will be provided by Janice Santos. Smith was born […]
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PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The County Federal Credit Union is pleased to honor Clifford Barker with director emeritus status for his years of service to the organization. He is The County’s first board of directors member to receive this designation. Barker began his tenure on the board of directors in 1983 at Houlton Federal Credit […]
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The Presque Isle High School boys fell to Mount Desert Island High School 66-52 on January 24. MDI was led by James Witham with a game-high 22 points, Jason Biekert contributed 12 points to help improve the Trojans to 8-6 on the season. The Wildcats were led by Brent Greenlaw’s 19 […]
MADAWASKA, Maine — Thursday, January 9 was National Law Enforcement Officer Appreciation Day, so Country Village Estates invited the Madawaska Police Department and United States Border Patrol and Customs, there were no Maine State Police or Aroostook County Sheriffs Department representatives available to attend. The event started with a prayer of protection for all of […]
Presque Isle City Manager Tyler Brown and Assistant City Manager Sonja Eyler led a discussion of events concerning development in business and industry as well as other topics of interest during the December meeting of the Central Aroostook Probus Club.
As I was having an interesting conversation with a friend recently in which many “idioms” or unusual expressions were used, I started wondering where some of the more colorful expressions we use in everyday language come from — knowing, of course, that these must all be rooted in history somehow.
Gaynel Tilley of Presque Isle recently celebrated her 90th birthday with a special family celebration.
