During Lent, many parishes offer opportunities for Bible study or faith-sharing groups to help parishioners grow in their relationship to Christ. Updates and additions will be made in the Lent section of the diocesan website at www.portlanddiocese.org/Lent.
75 Years Ago Feb. 19, 1948
Houlton Man Leads Maine N.Y. Life Agents in ‘47 – Charles W. Harmon of Houlton, Maine, a representative of the New York Life Insurance Company, in 1947 for the third successive year led all agents of the company in the number of new applications for life insurance. It has been announced by Dudley Dowell, vice-president of the company.
Catechumens and candidates will participate in the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion celebrations Feb. 25-26, the first weekend of Lent. Bishop Robert Deeley will celebrate Mass at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, 331 Main Street in Presque Isle, at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25.
Getting food and good nutrition is something all people need to remain healthy and happy. Whether it is a meal in a dining center, one delivered to the home, or a shelf stable commodity to help extend the monthly food budget, staff at the Aroostook Agency on Aging can connect older persons or those who are disabled to a service that will help meet their needs.
Isabel Cyr of Houlton has been named to the fall 2022 dean’s list at Roger Williams University.
As word spread about his cedar log home, Bruce Ward was inundated with requests for him to build more. That’s when he built his first log cabin for sale.
I’m not sure if it was the freight train sound of the wind or the incessant tapping of frozen flakes on my den window that made me lay down my tools and stare outside.
The University of Maine at Machias recognized 107 students for achieving dean’s list honors in the fall 2022 semester, for attaining a GPA of 3.3 or above. The honorees include Lucas Boyett of Amity.
UScellular announced that it made a $36.8 million investment in its Maine network in 2022. This includes $25.8 million in network upgrades and 5G modernizations that enhanced connectivity across the state and $11 million in 5G spectrum that will bring additional customer benefits in future years and advances the company’s multi-year 5G network strategy.
Hodgdon and Houlton school officials responded quickly to a recent state report showing high levels of contaminants in the schools’ drinking water.
