Last weekend the staff at Wellington School in Monticello held a retirement dinner honoring the school’s teacher and principal, Nancy Wright. As I turned into the driveway to the Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum where the dinner was being held, I noticed the welcome sign read, “It’s all about you Nancy Wright.” This Conservation Corner continues that theme.
The chords of “Pomp and Circumstance” echoed through several area high schools this past week as Houlton, Hodgdon, East Grand and Katahdin high schools all held their 2011 commencement exercises. Southern Aroostook and Greater Houlton Christian Academy hold their ceremonies this coming Friday.
Many school districts around the state have experienced difficulties in putting together a budget for the next school year, and local districts are no exception.
School officials in Danforth, SAD 29, SAD 70 and the newly formed RSU 50 (Southern Aroostook and Katahdin) have been diligently working to put together spending packages for the 2011-12 school year and almost every district is seeing an increase in the amount of local tax dollars that are needed in order to get funding from the state.
Spring is often viewed as the season of rebirth. The transitional period between winter and summer, when plants and wildlife emerge from their slumber. It’s a beautiful time of year, when grass turns green and flowers and trees bud new life.
It is also a time for many to get outside, enjoy nature and get some exercise after a long winter season.
The SASWCD held a beekeeping class this year as part of its Winter Ag School as there seems to be a growing interest in the, yes, art of beekeeping. I say art after watching my husband tend his first hive last year and the roller coaster ride he and the bees took together.
The most common reason I hear for not doing genealogy is lack of time. But I know from experience that family history research fits into the time you have available. There are many things you can do in just a few minutes, and you can pick it up and put it down as it suits you. I do that all the time.
The recent spike in gasoline prices has surely impacted families where it hurts most – their wallets. With the price now hovering over $4 per gallon, many households are probably thinking long and hard about hopping into their vehicles to make a trip to town.
When it comes to home improvement projects, why is it the list never seems to get shorter no matter how many tasks you complete?
Like many folks, my wife and I came up with a list of all the things we would like to do with our home when we moved in. But somehow that list never seems to get shorter. Each time I knock off one of tasks, two or three more get added.
For many, Easter Sunday is a time of reflection and celebration as churchgoers observe the resurrection of Jesus. It is also a holiday that has become more secular over the years, with egg hunts and the Easter Bunny.
