The County Crossword for March 27, 2024
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Nutrition leaders with Aroostook Agency on Aging announced that the local Meals on Wheels program is participating in #SaveLunch – a nationwide campaign designed to rally communities around their aging neighbors and protect the essential services that enable so many to remain healthy and independent at home.
The lack of help in Aroostook County can lead to tragic outcomes, as it did for Jacob Poitraw and Jacob Wood. Both were experiencing mental health episodes when they were shot and killed by police.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent Athletic Hall of Fame Committee is seeking nominations of individual student-athletes, teams, coaches, and administrators for induction into the University’s Athletic Hall of Fame.
The Maine Community Foundation is accepting applications for two scholarships that support Aroostook County students.
The University of Maine at Fort Kent Board of Visitors is encouraging the public to attend a Business Breakfast that will take place on Wednesday, April 3 at 7:30 a.m. in the Nadeau Hall conference room on the UMFK campus.
25 Years Ago — March 24, 1999
Residents pitch in to aid others – The generosity in Van Buren on Saturday, March 20, 1999, was overwhelming. Cadette Girl Scout Troop 673 had a toiletry drive to benefit the Battered Women’s Shelter, but the community opened their coffers and food, money and even bottles were given.
The Fort Kent Knights of Columbus have announced the winner of their ongoing lotto fundraiser for the previous week.
To the editor:
I write today as one of the over 500 businesses, organizations and towns that support the Maine Trails Bond. The $30 million investment from the bond would help with the maintenance, design and development of motorized and non-motorized trails.
The meeting of the Allagash Advisory Council began for me in delight. I was reunited with a room full of wardens, fisheries biologists, recreation specialists, lodge owners, naturalists, guides, most of us sporting some grey in our hair. These were my colleagues for over four decades.