The Aroostook Huskies recently completed its season and while it was not a successful year in the win-loss column, this year’s squad managed to narrow the gap against the other teams in the league.
A couple of years ago a deer hunting buddy and I split up on a cold November morning to still hunt opposite sides of a ridge heavily adorned with falling acorns. Freezing sleet fell steadily throughout the morning and when a crotch-horn stepped from some brush my partner shouldered his rifle, aimed, and pulled the trigger. There was a click instead of a bang and the small buck bounded into cover and harsh words joined the harsh weather.
Tryouts were held just over a week ago and now local high school teams are already getting ready for some game action this holiday weekend and early next week in preparation for the start of the regular season.
The Penobscot Valley Conference’s all-conference and all-academic teams have been announced for the fall sports season, with Caribou and Presque Isle well represented.
Tori Koch of Presque Isle was voted to the second team. Other selections were Kayla Massey, Soleil Skehan and Eilidh Sidaway, all of John Bapst; Morgan Buck of Hermon, Jenna Conroy and Grace Bickford, both of Foxcroft Academy; Caitlyn King of Old Town, Adriana Novella of MDI and Courtney Wasson and Caitlin Bean, both of Ellsworth. In Class B girls’ soccer, the Vikings’ Maddie Doucette and Eileen Patton and the Wildcats’ Jillian Flynn, Madison Michaud and Taylor Williams made the first team along with Opal Curless and Paige Mason, both of Mount Desert Island; Alex Allain, Brianna Saulter and Emi Higgins, all of Hermon; and Hannah Phillipon of John Bapst.
This holiday season, and all year long, anyone who has a car and few hours to spare can make a difference in the life of a cancer patient as a Road to Recovery driver.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The Presque Isle office of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will present the 2015 Pest Management Conference on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015 at the Presque Isle Inn and Convention Center from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Photographer speaks
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine – The University of Maine at Presque Isle will host nationally renowned and award-winning photographer and videographer Scot Miller as the next speaker in its 2015-2016 Distinguished Lecture Series.
CARIBOU — Maxine N. McLaughlin, 85, died November 19, 2015 at home with her loved ones at her side. She was born December 6, 1929 in Fort Fairfield, the daughter of Gilbert and Berta (Sullivan) Barnes. Maxine N. McLaughlin
CARIBOU — Evelyn A. Gideon, 79, passed away Saturday night, Nov. 21, 2015, at Cary Medical Center in Caribou. Evelyn A. Gideon
STOCKHOLM — Roxann M. Griffeth Alley, 46, died unexpectedly November 21, 2015, at her Stockholm residence. She was born in Fort Fairfield December 29, 1968, the daughter of Wayne “Andy” and Catherine (Hodges) Griffeth. Roxann M. Griffeth Alley
