2 days ago
Aroostook farm-to-table mission links local growers to community
Her eventual goal is to promote healthy eating, increase food security and keep small farms alive.
Education
2 days ago
NMCC Foundation honors community leaders, students at Annual Dinner and Awards Celebration
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The Northern Maine Community College Foundation hosted its Annual Dinner and Awards Celebration on Thursday, Nov. 13, bringing together community partners, donors, faculty, staff, students and foundation board members to recognize leadership, service and student achievement. Foundation Executive Director Nicole Cote, who also serves as NMCC’s dean of economic and workforce development, opened […]
3 days ago
Graduates complete NMCC logging program
Northern Maine Community College in Presque Isle, in partnership with the Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast, celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2025 from the mechanized logging operations and forest trucking program on Thursday afternoon.
5 days ago
UMFK seeks public input to mark its 150th anniversary
The school began as a teaching training institution, with the first classes held on Sept. 30, 1878.
1 week ago
Presque Isle Rotary Club partners with local schools for Purple Pinkie Project to help end polio worldwide
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — On Oct. 24, World Polio Day, the Presque Isle Rotary Club once again teamed up with Presque Isle, Easton and Ashland area schools and several local businesses to raise awareness and support for the global effort to eradicate polio through its annual Purple Pinkie Project. The Purple Pinkie Project gives students […]
2 weeks ago
UMPI’s Libra Distinguished Lecture Series presents digital artist Sweeney
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The University of Maine at Presque Isle will present digital artist Sarah Sweeney as the next speaker in its 2025-26 Libra Distinguished Lecture Series on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. in the Campus Center and via Zoom. Sweeney will deliver a talk titled “My Deepfake Dad”, which examines the question, […]
2 weeks ago
Author Ledoux to speak at UMFK on Nov. 20
FORT KENT, Maine — The Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes at the University of Maine at Fort Kent will host author Denis Ledoux at 6:30 p.m. on Nov 20. Ledoux will discuss his new book “Here to Stay: Lives in 17th-Century Canada”. The event is free and open to all. In “Here to Stay,” Ledoux explores the […]
2 weeks ago
Shaw named Maine AHPERD Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year
EASTON, Maine — The Easton School Department is proud to announce that Bryan Shaw, Easton School Department’s physical education and health teacher, has been named the Maine Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year. Shaw and his wife Stacy attended the annual Maine AHPERD awards ceremony held […]
2 weeks ago
Volunteer firefighter wins RSU 39 seat
In a contested race for one open seat on the RSU 39 school board, Caribou voters elected a political newcomer and volunteer firefighter.
3 weeks ago
Fort Kent exchange program unites relatives from 2 continents
FORT KENT, Maine — For the first time in Fort Kent Community High School’s French exchange program, students on both sides of the Atlantic share a common ancestor. Fort Kent French teacher Robert Daigle, who launched the effort 12 years ago, said his students have met relatives in Cholet, France, in both 2019 and 2023, […]
