PRESQUE ISLE — The Aroostook County Action Program, Inc. (ACAP) has been working for several months with the Helping Hands Board of Directors and United Way of Aroostook, a Helping Hands funding source, to ensure emergency services to those in need continue after Dec. 31, when Helping Hands closes.
YEAR IN REVIEW: BUSINESS July The Loring Job Corps Center in Limestone conducted an awards ceremony to honor five of its longtime dedicated staff who have served at the center since its opening 20 years ago. The employees are Leo Labbe, Bab Cote, Richard Roy, Herman Gaskins and Joe Pinette. Contributed photo Joan […]
U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced Dec. 15 that the president has signed the Northern Border Security Review Act, a bipartisan bill to assess and strengthen American security at the northern border, into law.
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God bless Donald Trump. Please allow me to explain.
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Each year, the dawn of a new year inspires us to reflect on the blessings and graces of the past twelve months and to look ahead with the good intentions of being a better person.
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When I was a boy in the 1950s in St. Agatha, there were 70 or more small farms up Flat Mountain (Montaigne Platte) and even more in the surrounding community. Today there are none. They are all gone! The kids from Flat Mountain alone used to fill up most of our schools. What happened?
As you can tell by now, I sure do like my climate stats, and in my travels, I’ve found that others like them too! So let me give you two to start things off.
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As a proud employee of ACAP, and an active participant of the Cereal Tree Project, it warmed my heart to see the over 1,100 tickets put into our basket by the community, cementing the amazing donation from Scott Carlin and Star City IGA of 250 Cereal Boxes to help some of our Aroostook families. Every child enrolled in an ACAP early care and education program brought home a box of cereal before the holiday break.
In 2014, the terrorist group Boko Haram shocked the world by kidnapping 276 Nigerian schoolgirls, sending them into lives of sexual slavery and forced “marriages.” That horrific act was part of a nearly decade-long campaign of brutal violence by the extremist organization against the people of Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger in West and Central Africa.
115 Years Ago — Jan. 1, 1902
Notice — Until further notice, the shoe dealers will close their stores on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings of every week.
Late — The passenger train due here at 10:15 p.m. Monday did not arrive until 8:00 Tuesday morning. The delay was occasioned by a snow plow train running into the rear of a freight train near Staceyville, resulting in a grand mix-up on the track. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
100 Years Ago —Jan. 4., 1917
