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MaineCF scholarships available to benefit students in Aroostook County

Online applications are currently being accepted at the Maine Community Foundation for the Sally Stetson Tongren Scholarship Fund for Aroostook County and the Wendell S. Doody Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Houlton Alumni Association offering grants to former students

A new program is available for Houlton High School Alumni looking to obtain or upgrade their skills for a job or needing tools for their chosen profession.

RSU 39 board, administration hopeful for budget with no mill increase

RSU 39, Caribou and Stockholm’s school district, is working to create a budget that does not result in a tax rate increase for taxpayers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Quint chosen for Greater Houlton Christian Academy Principal’s Award

Jessica Quint, a senior at Greater Houlton Christian Academy, has been selected to receive the 2021 Principal’s Award.

RSU 29 athletic director resigns

RSU 29 is once again without a permanent athletic director following the resignation of Phlatt McLean earlier this month.

NMCC offering tuition-free courses this summer

One course from Northern Maine Community College’s summer roster is free to high school students in the dual enrollment program and to graduating high school seniors.

AREA to survey members

The AREA Board met Tuesday, March 16 at the Caribou Inn and Convention Center. Following the flag salute, invocation and reports by officers and committee chairs, the main topic of discussion was the summer meetings.

NMCC releases fall 2021 schedule reflecting normalcy and improved flexibility

NMCC has opened online enrollment for the fall 2021 semester and course offerings show a return to normalcy in addition to improved flexibility learned through the past year’s experience.

Gov. Mills nominates candidates to Maine Community College System Board of Trustees

Gov. Janet Mills has nominated two candidates for appointment to the Maine Community College System Board of Trustees.

County FFA chapters fight food insecurity and homelessness

Aroostook County members of the Maine FFA Association pitched in recently to help alleviate homelessness and food insecurity in their communities.

SAD 1 mourns loss of beloved math teacher

Students, faculty and staff of SAD 1 are grieving the loss of Presque Isle High School math teacher Paul Ballerstein, who died unexpectedly on Friday morning.

Two COVID-19 cases in SAD 1 lead to multiple quarantines

After two people associated with the Presque Isle Middle School and the Mapleton Elementary School tested positive for the coronavirus, 59 students, staff and faculty who had close contact with them must be quarantined until next week.

McGraw receives Katahdin MPA Principal’s Award, 2021

Emma McGraw of Sherman, a senior at Katahdin Middle-High School has been selected to receive the 2021 Principal’s Award.

RSU 29 superintendent submits resignation

The RSU 29 school district will have to find a new leader following the surprise resignation of Superintendent Ellen Halliday.

Credit union opens scholarship applications

NorState Federal Credit Union has announced that their 2021 scholarship applications are now available online at www.norstatefcu.org.

GHCA holds National Honor Society ceremony

Greater Houlton Christian Academy welcomed six new students to its National Honor Society with a special induction ceremony held March 23.

All RSU 39 schools going green March 29

With Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ “Moving Maine Forward” plan announced in early March, all RSU 39 (Caribou and Stockholm) schools will now be able to go green, meaning all students are able to attend.

UMPI to expand distance learning opportunities

They’ve already started planning where to place the new teleconferencing equipment. And if all goes as planned, an additional seven rooms at University of Maine at Presque Isle and one in Houlton will be equipped to include students from remote locations in live classrooms by the fall semester.

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