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VAN BUREN– An organization dedicated to preserving the St. John Valley and Acadian heritage is seeking new members.

FORT KENT – The University of Maine at Fort Kent's Blake Library Gallery will feature, "Art Reminds Us" the work of students in Therese Provenzano's Art 430 Drawing and Painting class. The exhibition will be on display through Friday, May 17.

To the editor:

With policy discussions regarding marijuana in the headlines it is an important time to review the known impacts of marijuana use on the public health of communities. Marijuana is often portrayed in popular culture as a benign, harmless substance. However, there is clear information and evidence that this is not the case, and that marijuana has some very significant impacts, particularly for youth.

To the editor,

Every article Fiddlehead Focus prints and posts helps bring public awareness of how important the arts are in education. Thank you for printing the press release for the student exhibition, "Look Again, What We See Matters," showcasing UMFK's students in Art 200 Fundamentals of Art.

My students were very excited to read it.

FORT KENT - Cheryl Daigle, RN, Associate Director of Nursing at Northern Maine Medical Center (NMMC) announced the recipient of the Nursing Leadership Award during a ceremony on May 10.

FORT KENT - The University of Maine at Fort Kent will be graduating 180 students on Saturday, May 18, and two of these students will likely make UMFK history. For the first time that officials at UMFK can recall, a father and daughter will walk in the commencement ceremony on the same day. After years of hard work and dedication, Steve Pelletier and his daughter Blair Pelletier, both of St.

ST. JOHN VALLEY – Fiddlehead season in the St. John Valley started two weeks early this year and is already nearing its end. Valley Fuel Stop manager and local fiddlehead forager Nick Albert of Madawaska started picking the furled ferns on May 3 and said the season is almost done.