The Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library in Presque Isle recently received a $4,000 grant from the Dorothy Louise Kyler Foundation to help fund the expansion of both the children’s and teen collections.
On Thursday, officials from NorState Federal Credit Union presented the management team for the Aroostook chapter of Special Olympics Maine a check for nearly $8,000.
In 2010, friends and fellow musicians Brian Mosher, Chris Morton and Mark Shaw formed a three-person “impromptu” band to perform in the Rockin’ on Riverside concert series in Presque Isle.
In preparation for a storm system that will bring a mixture of rain, sleet and freezing rain throughout much of Maine Thursday and Friday
Orpheus Allison of Mapleton has had a fascination with stories of “ordinary life” throughout his professional career.
Wintergreen Arts Center in Presque Isle was a gathering place for friends, family and community members on Sunday when Aroostook County natives Anne and Jeff Hemphill and their granddaughter Megan Hemphill, 15, displayed their various artwork as the center’s featured artists of the month.
After successfully guiding the University of Maine at Presque Isle over the last year and a half, first as interim president and then as permanent leader of the school, Ray Rice has many goals for the largest university in Aroostook County.
For the fifth year, The Aroostook Medical Center will offer its Fit and Fun Winter Challenge activities to families in Aroostook County starting in January 2018. All events are free or low cost and will include old favorites as well as some new additions to the seasonal events.
Throughout the year, food pantries and similar organizations in Aroostook County make it their mission to feed those on a fixed income who might go hungry otherwise, particularly as heating fuel prices rise during the winter months.
On Wednesday afternoon, Maine State Police Trooper Rob Flynn of Presque Isle presented a commemorative license plate to the Central Aroostook Associations’ Snowdogs Special Olympics basketball team.
