Education

4 months ago

UMFK hosts annual Pediatric Health Fair

FORT KENT, Maine — The University of Maine at Fort Kent nursing department hosted its annual Pediatric Health Fair at the UMFK Sports Center. More than 200 second and third graders from surrounding elementary schools attended the event with booths of varying health and wellness topics appropriate for children. This year’s health fair was full […]

4 months ago

Grinch has a heart for Zippel

The Grinch chats with a Zippel Elementary School student at McDonald’s in Presque Isle during a recent one-night fundraiser.

4 months ago

A sentinel’s return to Caribou High School

More than 30 years after walking the halls of Caribou High School, Mark Holmquist returned to where his journey began — this time not as a student, but as a decorated veteran and former member of the U.S. Army’s elite Old Guard. 

4 months ago

$2.1M gift is UMPI’s largest ever

The University of Maine at Presque Isle received the largest financial gift in campus history Tuesday. The surprise $2.1 million bequest came from the Don and Linda Zillman estate. The former UMPI president died in 2023, and his wife, Linda, died in September.  Along with launching a Zillman professorship to benefit faculty research, the couple […]

4 months ago

Mill Pond School first trimester honor roll

Matthew Oliver, principal Mill Pond School in Hodgdon, announces the honor roll for the first trimester of the 2025-26 school year as follows: Grade six, high honors: Faith Belisle, Jeeda Bossie, Azorah Clark, Thomas Hand, Paisley Hovey, Alise Miller, Noah Sloat, Logan Smith; honors: Destiny Blake, Will Carton, Matthias Dulinsky, Camren Grover, Amelia Hemingway, Liliana […]

4 months ago

Moir named VFW Teacher of the Year

District 1 of the Maine Veterans of Foreign Wars, along with the Lister Knowlton VFW Post 9389 of Caribou, are pleased to announce Maren Moir as the VFW Teacher of the Year for both the District and Post levels. Moir achieved these awards due to her dedicated work ethic to not only her students but […]

4 months ago

Giles featured in Emmy-nominated World War II documentary

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Anderson Giles, a retired University of Maine at Presque Isle art professor who has dedicated more than 30 years of his life to preserving the history of World War II and led numerous trips to the Pacific islands where historic battles were fought, is part of a documentary now nominated for […]