Houlton

3 years ago

RSU 29 board reviews MEA test scores

Concerns over the district’s most recent round of state testing has prompted the RSU 29 school board to request further analysis of the numbers.

3 years ago

AMHC welcomes Macek to senior leadership

Ellen Bemis, CEO of Aroostook Mental Health Services, Inc., has  announced that Julia Macek, LCSW, has joined the agency as program director of Behavioral Health and  Integration in Aroostook County. The position was previously held by Lorraine Chamberlain, LCSW, CCS, who  retired in November.

3 years ago

Age Friendly Houlton: A Medicare reminder

What a gorgeous fall we’re having here in Aroostook County … nature has given us so many perfect days to enjoy. Age-Friendly Houlton gives this season two big thumbs up.

3 years ago

11 towns in the Greater East Grand Region unanimously support a high-speed broadband solution for the region

After two years of community-based planning to expand high-speed broadband services across the Greater  East Grand Region, seven municipalities and four communities in unorganized territories have come together to  support Fidium Fiber’s grant application to Maine Connectivity Authority to build a 2G fiber network across  the region. If the grant is awarded, the fiber network will be completed within 12 to 18 months.

3 years ago

Houlton area From our Files – Week of November 9, 2022

75 Years Ago – Nov. 6, 1947
Local Students Contest Winners — Two members of the senior class of Houlton High School were among six students chosen as winners at the first judging of the essay contest, “One World Through United Nations.” Principal Milton B. Lambert received word Wednesday that Ann Hannen and Wendell Peabody were two students chosen from the first district comprising the counties of Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Waldo and Washington.