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10 months ago

Solo women were rare

In my last column I wrote about the challenges involved in researching the early censuses. One of the things that may strike researchers is how often the head of household was male. 

10 months ago

Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of November 27, 2024

99 Years Ago – November 26, 1925
Timberland in Eastern Maine 5 cents an acre — ‘Going—Going—Gone! This tract of timberland in eastern Maine was sold for five cents an acre. It had been fifty years, on October 28, 1875, that more than 12,657 acres of state lands were sold at auction at City Hall, Bangor, with the firm of Pearl & Webb conducting the sale

10 months ago

St. John Valley area From our Files – Week of November 27, 2024

10 Years Ago — November 26, 2014 
On the road again — Despite the loss of a 12,000-square-foot repair shop and 11 trucks to an early morning fire on Saturday in November of 2014, the R.F. Chamberland, Inc. transportation company had trucks and drivers back on the roads just two days later.

10 months ago

Houlton area From our Files – Week of November 27, 2024

50 Years Ago – November 27, 1974
Area Is Hit By Raging Snowstorm — A blistering Northeaster, which at 1 p.m. Tuesday had dropped 15.3 inches of snow on Houlton in a little more than 12 hours, and continued to rage Tuesday night with as much as 25 inches of new snow expected before the storm was due to taper off in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

10 months ago

This woman was a rarity in her time

In examining local history, we often do not know a lot about women from our community’s past. Prior to 1920, women did not have the right to vote and were seen simply as someone’s mother or wife. 

10 months ago

Managing your diabetes around the holidays

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — In recognition of November being National Diabetes Month, and in light of the coming holidays, Northern Light AR Gould Hospital wants to share some information to help make a difference in this diabetes epidemic. In the United States, there are over 38 million people who suffer from diabetes, a chronic health […]

10 months ago

St. Apollonia Dental Clinic hires fulltime board-certified pediatric dentist

Julie Tucci, executive director of St. Apollonia Dental Clinic, and Dr Norma Desjardins, clinic founder, are pleased to announce the hiring of a board-certified pediatric dentist to lead their dental care team: Dr Ogo Olele. She will begin work at the clinic in January 2025.   Dr. Olele (Dr. O) was born and raised in Southern […]