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11 months ago

AR Gould Hospital welcomes its 2025 new year baby

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Colton Walker Hayes, the first baby born in 2025 at Northern Light AR Gould Hospital in Presque Isle, was delivered at 12:20 a.m. on Tuesday, January 7.  Colton was 7 pounds, 5 ounces and 19.5 inches long at birth. He is the son of Amanda Carmichael and Jerry Hayes of Blaine.  […]

11 months ago

Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of January 8, 2025

25 Years Ago – January 12, 2000
Soup Kitchen benefitted from local generosity — When Bob Palmer, head cook at the soup kitchen, found out a local dentist wanted to donate a vehicle to Martha & Mary’s Soup Kitchen, he was delighted.

11 months ago

Houlton area From our Files – Week of January 8, 2025

75 Years Ago – Jan. 10, 1950
Biggest Whitetail Deer Taken In Maine In 1949 — Recapitulation of figures here today in the state’s “Biggest Bucks in Maine Club” showed hunters bagged 55 deer over  300 pounds apiece, swelling average weight of 837 club bucks taken during the recent season to 248 pounds each.