PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — UMPI will be closed tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 5, due to inclement weather. No in-person or live distance classes will be held. Asynchronous classes (such as YourPace) are not affected. All offices are closed except for essential employees.
The new market was the vision of S.W. Collins owner Sam Collins after seeing a similar setup during a trip to Europe.
Lights and Ladders gift donations will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7, and Sunday, Dec. 8, at the Presque Isle Walmart parking lot.
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 […]
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 […]
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
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.
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.
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.
Aroostook County’s adult education programs experienced higher graduation rates in the 2023-24 school year, local directors said.
