LIMESTONE, Maine — Over September break, seven students from Deb McGann’s computational physics class got the unique opportunity to visit both the Jackson Laboratory (JAX) and the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL) in Mount Desert Island. The Maine School of Science and Mathametics students stayed on the Jackson Laboratory campus while attending the three-day short course.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The ultimate reward for any college student is to make a connection with a company and find a quality job in their industry of choice. One such company, GE Power & Water, which operates a computer numerical control manufacturing facility in Bangor, offered an internship this past summer to three NMCC students in the precision machining program.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Several students in the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s Business Program had their first experience giving a presentation before a group of professional CPAs, attorneys, insurance brokers and financial advisors when they participated in the Aroostook County Tax Seminar held Oct. 31, 2014 on campus.
CARIBOU, Maine — The National Honor Society Faculty Council of the Caribou chapter recently announced the election of 16 new members to the Caribou High School NHS.
Inducted were, from the Class of 2015, Ricky Perry, Kaitlyn Ring and Kyle Tibbetts; and from the Class of 2016, Molly Adams, Chelsea Chapman, Sarah Draper, Maria Espinosa, Benjamin Ezzy, Kate Finnemore, Michael Hunter, Ethan Plourde, Donovan Savage, Madison Staples, Megan Theriault, Irene Thibodeau and Elijah Verhoff.
The Pregnancy Care Center held its 12th annual fund-raising banquet Oct. 23 at the Presque Isle Inn and Convention Center. The theme for this year’s banquet was “Speak Life.”
A low-stress cattle-handling demonstration will be held 2-4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at Rocking S Ranch, 2 Happy Trails, Fort Fairfield and repeated 2-4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, at East Ridge Stable, 405 East Ridge Road, Charleston.
Contributed photo Zorro, an adult neutered male domestic shorthair cat currently residing at a Halfway Home Pet Rescue Foster Home, is apparently a lost cat and volunteers are anxious to find the owners. He appears to have been well fed in the past and is very loving and friendly. Zorro was rescued after wandering for […]
Contributed photo/Lisa Wilcox Brigadier General Gerard F. Bolduc, commander and assistant adjutant general, Maine Air National Guard, was the keynote speaker for the Veterans Day ceremony at the Northern Maine Veterans Cemetery in Caribou. He apologized to the Vietnam veterans in the audience who did not, in many cases, get a warm welcome after the […]
By Julie DaiglePower of Prevention coordinator Each year on the third Thursday in November, the American Cancer Society encourages smokers to use the date to make a plan to quit using tobacco for at least 24 hours. This year, the date is Thursday, Nov. 20, and Power of Prevention staff members extend a warm […]
Brig. Gen. James D. Campbell recently announced a town hall meeting to provide information concerning Agent Orange exposure at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown this Thursday, Nov. 20, from 6-8 p.m. at the Lister-Knowlton VFW Post No. 9389, at 253 Van Buren Road, Caribou, ME.
