PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — University of Maine at Presque Isle President Ray Rice has announced that Yellow Light Breen, president and CEO of the Maine Development Foundation, will deliver the commencement address. In addition, Breen will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree during the University’s 116th Commencement Exercises, to be held on Saturday, […]
FORT KENT, Maine – The University of Maine at Fort Kent is pleased to announce that 2024 Maine Poet Laureate Fellow Julia Bouwsma will serve as the keynote speaker at the UMFK 143rd Commencement Ceremony held on May 10. The University will also honor former UMFK Registrar Donald “Don” Raymond with the Distinguished Service Award. […]
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Northern Maine Community College has named Islakeno Mahabir its 2025 Student of the Year. Mahabir, a business administration and accounting student, has made a significant impact at NMCC through his leadership, academic excellence and commitment to his peers and the community. Mahabir is president of the NMCC Student Senate, where he […]
Grade six, high honors: Clara Bither, Hudson Day, Sara Dougharty, Gabriel Sloat; honors: Brynn Stewart, Kyra Stewart, Tessa Wells. Grade five, high honors: Destiny Blake, Jeeda Bossie, Thomas Hand, Cole Hovey, Paisley Hovey, Alise Miller, Logan Smith; honors: Faith Belisle, William Carton, Azorah Clark, Matthias Dulinsky, Camren Grover, Sadie James, Kenneth McCrary, Lucia-Rae Quint, Benjamin […]
On Monday night, the MSAD 70 school board unanimously voted to only recognize two sexes of students — biological males and females — and bar students from using private spaces reserved for members of the opposite sex.
It’s part of a larger effort to address food insecurity in Maine, given ongoing challenges to providing all kids with adequate nutrition, as well as recent funding cuts by the Trump administration that have made it harder to support local food networks.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine —The University of Maine at Presque Isle is proud to present Shakespeare & Company for a one-night-only performance of the Bard’s iconic tragedy Macbeth on Wednesday, April 23 at 7 p.m. in the Gauvin Family Center for Cultural Arts, located in Wieden Hall. Troupe members will provide a short talk-back for the […]
The MSAD 70 school board in Hodgdon voted to recognize only two sexes and require that all private spaces be separated by biological sex.
The University of Maine at Presque Isle will present Owen McCarthy, co-founder of MedRhythms and leader in neurotherapeutics, as a 2024-2025 Libra Distinguished Lecture Series speaker at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15, in the Campus Center.
Roy Woods (center left), chairman of the Northern Maine Veterans Cemetery in Caribou, presents a certificate of appreciation to Loring Job Corps masonry instructor Robert Shaw
