Dozens in Fort Kent protest ICE
Organizers met outside the Fort Kent Public Library and marched up Pleasant Street to the University of Maine at Fort Kent campus.
Organizers met outside the Fort Kent Public Library and marched up Pleasant Street to the University of Maine at Fort Kent campus.
Participating gives students the opportunity to express themselves and to learn about the literary arts.
Cost-cutting measures and staff recruitment efforts have not been enough to save Northern Maine General operations.
The recently vacated Ruby Tuesday space at Presque Isle’s Aroostook Centre Mall will soon welcome diners again.
“I do believe that future funding for these projects is going to come at a higher local cost than it has in the past,” Superintendent Ben Sirois said.
In its nearly 30-year run, generations of families have returned to the traditional end-of-winter blow-out.
“Everybody has the thought, ‘Well, it’s a fire station. You don’t need a sprinkler system.’ But you actually do,” Fire Chief Brian Lajoie said.
Part kids ice fishing derby, part alligator cookout, the event will take place on Saturday, Feb. 14.
The Select Board and finance committee will start exploring budget figures during their next joint meeting on Feb. 10.
“We have had a lot of transitions and uncertainties, really for the last couple of years, and [it’s important] to just have people feel like there is some stability.”