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1 day ago

Historical society to hold magical 9th annual Victorian Christmas celebration

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine – Presque Isle Historical Society’s Secretary/Treasurer Kim Smith said, “For me, Christmas has always been a magical time of year. Presque Isle Historical Society is gearing up for another enchanting Victorian Christmas at the Estey celebration. It is truly a showcase of all that is beautiful at Christmas – live music, live […]

2 days ago

Aroostook Partnership president/CEO resigns

Aroostook Partnership President & CEO Scott Dionne has decided to resign from his position to  pursue a leadership role with a national building products distribution company. This new position leverages his nearly 30 years of construction experience while allowing him to pursue  his passion of product development and building science education. The hybrid nature of […]

4 days ago

Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of November 27, 2024

99 Years Ago – November 26, 1925
Timberland in Eastern Maine 5 cents an acre — ‘Going—Going—Gone! This tract of timberland in eastern Maine was sold for five cents an acre. It had been fifty years, on October 28, 1875, that more than 12,657 acres of state lands were sold at auction at City Hall, Bangor, with the firm of Pearl & Webb conducting the sale

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Caribou area From our Files – Week of November 27, 2024

75 Years Ago – Dec. 1, 1949
A special bonus given — The board of directors of the J.C. Penney Company has authorized a special payment of an amount equal to two weeks’ pay for all full-time associates who have been employed for the full year of 1949 and on a proportionate basis for extra and part-time associates and for those employed less than a year.

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St. John Valley area From our Files – Week of November 27, 2024

10 Years Ago — November 26, 2014 
On the road again — Despite the loss of a 12,000-square-foot repair shop and 11 trucks to an early morning fire on Saturday in November of 2014, the R.F. Chamberland, Inc. transportation company had trucks and drivers back on the roads just two days later.

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Houlton area From our Files – Week of November 27, 2024

50 Years Ago – November 27, 1974
Area Is Hit By Raging Snowstorm — A blistering Northeaster, which at 1 p.m. Tuesday had dropped 15.3 inches of snow on Houlton in a little more than 12 hours, and continued to rage Tuesday night with as much as 25 inches of new snow expected before the storm was due to taper off in the early hours of Wednesday morning.