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.
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.
FRENCHVILLE- On Saturday, May 18 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. the Wisdom High/Middle School Athletic Club and Booster Club, along with Pelletier Ford and Ford Motor Company, will host a Sign and Drive Fundraising event the Frenchville Municipal Garage, located on U.S. Route 1.
MAINE - Governor Paul R. LePage has directed that the United States flag and the State of Maine flag be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day.
AROOSTOOK COUNTY - TAMC in Presque Isle has made history, becoming the first in the state, and only second in the nation, to convert its heating and cooling from fuel oil to compressed natural gas (CNG).
FORT KENT - The idea of using music as a healing influence which could affect health and behavior is at least as old at the writings of Aristotle and Plato. The earliest known written reference to music therapy appeared in the early 1800’s in an article on the therapeutic value of music.
FORT KENT- Medical Laboratory Technologists, Technicians, and Phlebotomists at Northern Maine Medical Center (NMMC) celebrated Medical Laboratory Professionals during the last week of April.
This year’s theme for the national celebration was “Laboratory Professionals Get Results.”
ST. FRANCIS – A St. Francis teen escaped injury after her puppy jumped into her lap, causing her to crash the vehicle she was driving.
According to information Fiddlehead Focus received from Sergeant Josh Haines of the Maine State Police, on Friday, May 10, at approximately 7:30 p.m., 17-year-old Breea Jandreau of Winterville was traveling West on Route 161 in St Francis when her puppy jumped onto her lap. The action distracted Jandreau, and as a result, she lost control of her 2000 Chevy sport utility vehicle, which left the roadway and rolled over.
FORT KENT- TheUniversity of Maine at FortKent will host a summer retreat for teachers using iPads in their grades K through 8 classrooms, Sunday, June 23 through Tuesday, June 25 on the UMFK campus.
The retreat is sponsored by EDUcadia, the St. John Valley Education Partnership.
FORT KENT –The SAD 27 Adult and Community Education center will host its annual Celebration of Adult and Community Learning and Literacy on Friday, May 17 at Community High School in Fort Kent.
FORT KENT -The University of Maine at Fort Kent will hold its 131st commencement on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 1 p.m. in the University’s Sports Center. UMFK President, Wilson G. Hess, will preside over the day’s ceremonies.
Approximately 180 degrees will be conferred during the Commencement.
AROOSTOOK COUNTY -More than 50 Northern Maine Community College students had an opportunity to shine recently as they were recognized in front of family members and College faculty and administrators during the annual Student Honors and Achievement Awards Ceremony on April 27. Students were honored for academic excellence as well as for campus involvement.
FORT KENT – The Martin-Klein American Legion Post 133 is holding events throughout Memorial Day weekend.
Since the American Revolution, nearly 1.2 million men and women have given their lives in the service of the United States so that citizens may all enjoy the freedoms that many people may take for granted.
Legion spokesperson Duane Belanger said, “Let us all come together to honor that sacrifice this Memorial Day Weekend.”
AROOSTOOK COUNTY – A panel of judges have selected three finalists for the 2013 Aroostook Entrepreneur of the Year contest sponsored by LEADers Encouraging Aroostook Development, Momentum Arooostook, University of Maine Fort Kent, Northern Maine Community College, University of Maine Presque Isle and Husson University.
ST. FRANCIS – St. Francis Elementary School students worked hard on the musical this year called Character Matters II. Every Student had a part in the play that showed on April 3 at 1 p.m. and April 4 at 6 p.m. Below are images from that performance:
Within Aroostook County located in Northern Maine, the American Legion Posts from the 16th and 17th districts have joined forces in a fundraiser that amounted to over $14,000 and making awareness for Angel Flight Northeast (AFNE), a nonprofit organization that supports their communities. AFNE provides countless amounts of time and energy, coordinating with private pilots, using their aircrafts, to provide individuals who are in need with free transportation to and from major hospitals where specialist and state-of-the-art medical equipment are made available to them.
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