Contributed photo NorState Federal Credit Union Member Service Manager Amy Michaud, left, presents the credit union’s 2016 scholarship to Shana Paradis of Frenchville. Paradis was selected from 30 applicants for the $1,000 award. She is the daughter of Gary and Lisa Paradis of Frenchville and a 2016 graduate of Wisdom High School in Saint Agatha, […]
OXBOW, Maine — Workers from Stetson and Watson of Holden will rehabilitate the bridge that carries Oxbow Road over Umcolcus Stream in Oxbow Plantation for the Maine DOT. This work will commence on July 5, 2016 and officials expect the work to continue through September.
The Presque Isle Fire Department will receive more than $24,000 in federal grant money from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program.
Contributed photo SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS — The County Federal Credit Union recently awarded $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors within its field of membership. At the presentation are, from left, Shawn Anderson, board chairman; scholarship winners Parker Thompson of Washburn, Olivia Hudson of Presque Isle, Mariah Boyd of Houlton, Kaitlin Small of Oakfield, Alexis Coiley of Fort […]
The Walter T. A. Hansen Memorial Library is offering a summer reading program, “Reward for Reading,” for children in grades K-6. Children may check out and read a book or books of their choice and after completing the book, will receive a prize and have their name and the book(s) they have read posted in the library. While children are encouraged to read as many books as possible, only one prize per week will be rewarded.
Twenty students graduated Friday, June 10, 2016 from Ashland District School during commencement exercises.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Presque Isle High School’s 2016 Dirigo Boys and Girls State delegates are currently attending the annual program and learning about aspects of government. The program began June 19 and will end June 25, 2016.
Graduation night was held at Central Aroostook High School June 10, 2016 and the 37 graduates marched in for the final time as students under the direction of class marshal Conner Mahan. They would end the night as alumni — members of the 50th class to graduate from CAHS, a school which formed in the 1960s and consisting of Aroostook Central Institute and Bridgewater Classical Academy.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Spring exam week at the University of Maine at Presque Isle was even busier than usual with the addition of two scientists conducting National Science Foundation grant-funded research.
Mapleton Daze is here and organizers have been working hard to create a fun-filled five days. Events kick off tonight, Wednesday, June 22, 2016, with a bike rodeo at 6 p.m. in the Mapleton Elementary School parking lot. Participants should bring their own bicycles. Those attending will learn some bike safety tips and kids can practice their new skills on a course sponsored by the Bike Coalition of Maine and Bike, Board and Ski. The coalition will also give away free helmets.
