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Pineland Farms chief updates Probus PRESQUE ISLE — The monthly meeting of Probus was held at Northern Maine Community College’s Reed Commons building on April 21. President, Dana Crory called the meeting to order at 10 a.m.

Retired employees gather in Caribou NARFE group elects officers CARIBOU — The Aroostook Chapter 2132 of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees recently hosted the 39th Maine Federation of Chapters State Convention at the Caribou Inn and Convention Center.

Ashland receives $150K for downtown AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development recently announced that seven towns from Lubec to Lisbon have been awarded funding under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program administered by the Office of Community Development within DECD.

AMHC lauds probation officer HOULTON — The Aroostook Mental Health Center recently recognized Kelly Nightingale, juvenile probation officer, for her work in the field of Multi Systemic Therapy/Problem Sexual Behavior since 2013 with support of the Maine Department of Corrections and MST Associates.

Bishop will bless Farm for ME site CARIBOU — Caribou’s Farm for ME site will be blessed by Bishop Robert P. Deeley in a special ceremony Wednesday, June 1, beginning at 2 p.m.

Incident management training planned in PI PRESQUE ISLE — A special Joint Information System/Joint Information Center training session will be held Thursday, June 30, at the Hampton Inn in Presque Isle.

ACAP continues services after preschool closes The Aroostook County Action Program Inc. is providing preschool special education services to families in northern Maine for the coming two months through an agreement reached this week with State of Maine, Child Development Services (CDS).

TEAM EFFORT The United Way of Aroostook recently presented a donation to the Honor Guard students at Loring Job Corps.