Stories by Staff Star Herald

9 years ago

Moonshot Summit a leap toward cancer cure

In his final State of the Union address, President Obama tasked Vice President Biden with heading up a new national effort to end cancer as we know it.

9 years ago

Those rainy days

REMEMBER WHEN

Does anyone else feel the same as I do about our recent spate of wet weather? We were on our way to church this morning and I jokingly said to my wife, “I didn’t like going out in the rain when I was 6 or 7 years old and I like it even less now at 61.” We had a good chuckle about that.

9 years ago

Newly remodeled clinic a true blessing

BUG GUTS & Beauty

A move to a new house is always an adventure. The move of the County Dialysis clinic next to the North Street Walk In Clinic was no different. Patients and staff are still getting used to having more space. So far there are plenty of laughs as we all get used to how procedures change and stay the same.

9 years ago

Let’s go for a walk

When I was a kid, sometimes my worst enemy — my big brother — would suggest going for a walk. I never turned that activity down — and I rarely do now, now that he is an old man with various ailments, and I am still a young guy ready for a good walk.

9 years ago

Salmon Brook slates supper

The Salmon Brook Historical Society will hold a potluck supper and business meeting on Thursday, June 23, 2016, at the Civic Center in Washburn.

9 years ago

Portage Hills plans open house

The Portage Hills Country Club will host an open house at the golf course on Saturday, June 25, 2016, from 12-4 p.m.

9 years ago

Science center show to feature look at Mars

On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 8 p.m., the Francis Malcolm Science Center welcomes the public to “march to Mars” with a grand look at the mysterious “Red Planet.”

9 years ago

From Our Files

102 Years Ago – June 18, 1914

Announcement — Dr. F.S. Walker, a dentist and a graduate of Tufts College, announced the opening of his dental offices in the Brick Block in Presque Isle. He had been practicing dentistry with Dr. Clifford of Houlton for the past year.

9 years ago

County student takes play to New York stage

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Ever since Darci Faye was a little girl, she’s dreamed of becoming a playwright. Now that dream is happening in a very big way as the University of Maine at Presque Isle student prepares to see a show she wrote performed live on stage in New York City. This June and July, Faye’s play “Infinitely Yours” will get five performances at the Paradise Factory Theatre as part of the Planet Connections Theatre Festival.