Education

2 months ago

UMPI presents Homecoming 2026

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine —The University of Maine at Presque Isle will present Homecoming 2026 from Oct. 1 to 4, featuring sporting events, student activities, family-friendly fun and signature gatherings such as the Blue & Gold Alumni Awards Dinner and the President’s Reception and All-Class Reunion. The full schedule of events can be found at www.umpi.edu/homecoming. […]

2 months ago

New equipment advances NMCC Auto Collision program

The Northern Maine Community College’s Auto Collision Repair program has enhanced hands-on training for students through the addition of a spot resistance welder, a piece of equipment widely used in today’s collision repair field.

2 months ago

Carmichael awarded Oklahoma State scholarship

On Sept. 1, Lane Carmichael of Westfield who is studying agribusiness was honored by the Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture with a Joseph Fleming Memorial Freshman Scholarship for the 2026-27 academic year.

2 months ago

Youth construction graduates receive stipends

Community Action in Aroostook, Washington, and Hancock Counties received funding to provide $800 stipends to students who successfully completed the Construction Academy at Region Two School of Applied Technology in Houlton. 

2 months ago

Tapping into the roots of native plants is a County teacher’s decades-long obsession

An Aroostook County teacher who helps students explore planting, composting, seed gathering and formulating herbal remedies is now taking those same lessons into the community.  Shelly Bouchard has been gathering, growing and learning about the benefits and uses of northern Maine plants since she was a young girl. While pregnant with her now 28 year-old […]

2 months ago

Fort Kent Community High School Class of 1961 surpasses goal to endow UMFK scholarship

FORT KENT, Maine – The Fort Kent Community High School Class of 1961 celebrated its 65th reunion July 31 by surpassing an ambitious fundraising goal to endow a University of Maine at Fort Kent scholarship honoring their late classmate, Dr. Nelson Madore. The class raised $7,093 through its Legacy65 campaign, exceeding its $5,000 goal by […]