Stories by Staff Star Herald

10 years ago

Aroostook Milling wins trade fair award

Aroostook Milling wins trade fair award     PRESQUE ISLE — The 36th annual Northern Maine Agri-Business Trade Fair was held over the weekend of April 9-10 at The Forum in Presque Isle and once again was a boon for companies, customers, and The County alike.

10 years ago

Hunt is on for Maine’s best places to work

Hunt is on for Maine’s best places to work     PORTLAND — The Maine State Council of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) has kicked off the 11th annual “Best Places to Work in Maine” program.

10 years ago

Maine credit unions record asset growth

Maine credit unions record asset growth Membership climbs in last two years     PORTLAND — In the past two years, more than 30,000 Maine consumers have joined a Maine credit union, bringing total credit union membership to 667,427 statewide.

10 years ago

Governor vetoes bill to build cell tower

Governor vetoes bill to build cell tower     AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage vetoed legislation Friday that would improve cell phone reception in Aroostook County by allowing the construction of a new cellphone tower.

10 years ago

SBA names Bangor Savings top lender in Maine for fifth year

SBA names Bangor Savings top lender in Maine for fifth year     PORTLAND — Bangor Savings Bank was the top Small Business Administration (SBA) lender in Maine in 2015, providing $11.34 million in loans to 96 new or existing businesses. Seth Goodall, New England Director of the U.S. Small Business Administration, made the announcement at […]

10 years ago

Caribou travel franchise changes to Dream Vacations

Caribou travel franchise changes to Dream Vacations Agency previously operated as CruiseOne     CARIBOU — Franchisee Mary Crowley, based in Caribou, has recently changed the name of her CruiseOne franchise as part of a corporate franchise initiative that is reinvesting in the travel brand’s growth, speaking to all types of vacation experiences, not just cruises. […]

10 years ago

Free money management class begins next month

Free money management class begins next month     PRESQUE ISLE — Starting May 4, New Ventures Maine will offer My Money Works: Tools for Smart Money Choices, a free four-week class to help participants gain the skills and confidence to stretch their money, pay bills, reduce debt, find money for savings, plan for retirement, and […]

10 years ago

Funds will save patients’ lives

Funds will save patients’ lives

    To the editor:
This year in Maine, an estimated 9,270 people will be diagnosed with cancer and another 3,320 will die of the disease. People without health coverage are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer at its later stages, when patients are less likely to survive and treatments are more costly.

10 years ago

Outsmarted by a primate

Outsmarted by a primate

REMEMBER WHEN

     Did you ever have a time when you thought you were “ten feet tall and bulletproof?” I had several of those times in my teens. I found out the summer I was 13 years old just how foolish I was and how a monkey could make an “uncle” out of me.

10 years ago

Rural Maine loses out on chance to expand broadband – again

Rural Maine loses out on chance
to expand broadband – again

The Maine State Legislature has rejected a bill that would have funded ConnectME Authority’s budget to expand high-speed internet into unserved areas of rural Maine. Rural Maine is yet again ignored.