Julie Daigle

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.

FORT KENT – On May 16, the Fort Kent Police Department charged a Fort Kent man with theft, a Class B felony, for allegedly stealing $15,450.66 from his employer, which he then spent on lottery tickets.

Fort Kent Police Chief Kenneth Michaud said Andrew Marquis of Charette Hill, Fort Kent, allegedly entered the office of Morin Construction Hot Top and Snow Removal office and stole blank checks, on which he wrote himself 39 checks in amounts ranging from approximately $380 to $410.

ST. AGATHA – On May 7, 11 teams competed in the Northern Maine Regional Envirothon at the St. Agatha public boat launch. St. Agatha's Wisdom High School placed third in their very first attempt at this state- and nation-wide environmental competition, at which Easton High School took first place, and therefore will be going on to the state finals on May 23 in Bowdoin, Maine along with three other teams.

FORT KENT– Heated debate about the use of Charette Hill as an ATV trail access route at the town council meeting on May 13 led to audience members arguing directly with each other about possible and controversial routes for the four-wheeled vehicles to use.

FORT KENT – At the May 9 school board meeting in the Fort Kent Community High School library, in the wake of the Governor assigning an “A” to Wallagrass Elementary School, school board members and SAD 27 administrative staff briefly discussed a rumor that parents have been meeting to consider “bringing the sixth grade back” to Wallagrass Elementary in the next school year.

FORT KENT – University of Maine at Fort Kent Forestry Instructor and Symposium Chair Jeff Dubis said he was pleased with the turnout for the 2013 Symposium, from the panelists on Thursday night to attendance at the student poster presentations in the Sports Center on Saturday afternoon. This year’s event, which showcases the most rigorous scholarly work that students at the university have to offer, had a theme of “Creativity, Technology, and the Workplace: Bridge to the Future.”

ST. JOHN VALLEY/ York – Eddie and Nicole Plourde of Madawaska are back again this year, raising money to help fund research to find a cure for cystic fibrosis. This year, they’ve raised $2,500 already, in preparation for participation as part of Team Jackson in a walk the New England chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation holds annually in York, Maine, which will occur on May 19.