Acadia Federal Credit Union is proud to announce their 2024 scholarship recipients. Halayna Hayes, Ella McCrum, Ellie Kuhl and Austin Jean will each receive $2,000 to help fund their college educations. “We’re thrilled to award scholarships to these four exceptional students,” said Jill Bouchard Cairns, Acadia FCU’s vice president of employee experience. “Their dedication, hard […]
50 Years Ago – June 19, 1974
Catherine Bell Is Elected By State BPW — Mrs. Catherine B. Bell of Houlton was installed as State President of the Maine Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, at its 53rd Annual Convention June 7-9 at Shawmut Inn in Kennebunkport.
50 Years Ago – June 19, 1974
Star City’s first feminine mechanic — The only female garage mechanic in the city, and possibly the area, enjoyed the process of taking a faulty machine apart, finding out what’s wrong with it, fixing it back together again so that it works once more. Stephanie Gilbert, a graduate of Northern Maine Vocational Technical Institute’s automobile mechanics course, went to work for Silver’s Garage on Houlton Road.
100 Years Ago – June 19, 1924
New store opened — The opening of the new F. W. Woolworth store took place last Friday and was attended by hundreds of people, who not only enjoyed the fine music discoursed by a local orchestra, but the large and varied assortment of goods on display.
25 Years Ago — June 23, 1999
High jump – Madawaska Elementary School’s Kevin Dufour received awards from the American Heart Association for his outstanding effort during this year’s Jump Rope for Heart activity.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Wintergreen Arts Center recently received a $7,273 grant from the Maine Community Foundation for general support to provide quality, affordable arts programming in Aroostook County. This grant is made in part from the Aroostook County Fund of the Maine Community Foundation at the recommendation of the Aroostook County Committee Advisors. “We […]
Fort Fairfield’s annual Maine Potato Blossom Festival will be featured on an episode of the television program “MaineLife,” festival director Cheryl Boulier told the town council
People of all ages, kids, dogs and even a cat meandered around the park on a sunny afternoon, as live bands played, rainbow flags waved and calls of “Happy Pride” rang out.
If all goes well, downtown Presque Isle could have a new dog park and children’s playground at Peace Park within the next year.
The call is out for young people of all ages with an interest in local history and cultural heritage. Friday, June 21 and Saturday, June 22, Silver Birches, an oral history project formed in the 1970s, will launch a new book dedicated to preserving cultural heritage by collecting and publishing stories from elders in the […]
