Local News

To the editor:

Imagine my surprise when I read in Fiddlehead Focus that my graduating high school, Wisdom High, received a ‘D’ grade from Gov. LePage and Education Commissioner Mr. Bowen.

A ‘D!’

Immediately, my skeptical hairs began to rise. And sure enough my skepticism was borne out.

To the Editor,

AROOSTOOK COUNTY – It's TriAroostook time again in northern Maine, as TriAroostook returns for its second year as The County's only USAT-sanctioned triathlon.

ST. JOHN VALLEY- On Friday, May 17, over 50 students from all across the Valley braved the cold for a great cause. National Honors Society students fromFortKent, Wisdom, Madawaska and Van Buren, willingly gave up their Friday in order to volunteer at the Special Olympics in Presque Isle.

ST. AGATHA - On Wednesday, May 15, more than 25 parties chose to participate in plans for the St. John Valley Cultural Byway at a meeting at the Lakeview Restaurant in St. Agatha.

CARIBOU – According to a release Tuesday morning, the Caribou Police Department, in conjunction with the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety and the 2013 “DriveSober, Maine” Impaired Driving Enforcement Campaign, will conduct a safety checkpoint on Routes 1, 89 and 161 and Bennett Drive in Caribou during the holiday weekend of May 24.

MADAWASKA/Edmundston, NB – A press release found on the Twin Rivers Paper Company, Inc. website states that Blue Wolf Capital Partners and Atlas Holdings today announced that they have reached an agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Twin Rivers Paper Company, Inc. (“Twin Rivers”) from Brookfield Asset Management Inc.