50 Years Ago — November 13, 1974
Big deer – Reggie Porter of Madawaska, showed his little daughter the big deer he bagged last Wednesday in November of 1974, at Patten, 40 miles west of Houlton. A meat cutter for Sampson’s Supermarket in Madawaska, Porter bagged the deer while hunting with Ed Textor, who also works at Sampson’s. The deer dressed out at 178 pounds, not quite big enough to gain him membership in the exclusive “Big Buck” club. These special size deer have to weigh at least 200 pounds. Textor came home empty handed. Porter’s been bagging bucks almost every hunting season for the last ten years, although he missed one last year. He used a 30-30 rifle.
25 Years Ago — November 17, 1999
Grand Isle native earns hero award – A Grand Isle man has won the Service Hero of the Month award at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Steven Thibodeau is a 1984 graduate of Van Buren District High School, a graduate of Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute, and the University of Southern Maine. He is the son of Roger Thibodeau of Madawaska and the late Irene (Beaulieu) Thibodeau of Grand Isle.
10 Years Ago — November 12, 2014
Students learn about harvesting — Education technician Carlene Martin taught La Maternelle preschool students about sunflower seeds on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014. Martin brought in a sunflower from her garden. She and teacher Pauline Chamberland worked on the project with the students. Students picked and dried sunflower seeds and later brought them home to feed wild birds. Attending the session were Lucas Pelletier, Matthew Poiez, Samuel Paradis, Jameson Desjardin, Leeland Fortin, Ella Dubois and Addisyn Doucette.
