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    The New England School of Communications announced Honors List for Fall 2013.    Named were: Dustin Fitzpatrick of Houlton, honors, in the BSCT – Live Sound Technology

By Kevin SjobergSports Reporter    BANGOR, Maine – After barely winning a slowdown game against upset-minded Easton in last year’s tournament, Hodgdon coach Rob Smith felt his team needed to be the aggressor in their meeting this time around.

Opening ceremony to be held Thursday     PRESQUE ISLE — After months of planning and preparation, the 2014 IBU World Youth/Junior Biathlon Championships will take center stage at the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle, and event sponsors, the organizing committee and numerous volunteers have created a jam-packed schedule of competitive and community events to […]

CHAMPIONS AGAIN Staff photo/Joseph Cyr     Members of the Washburn girls’ basketball team celebrating their Eastern Maine championship Saturday at Bangor’s Cross Insurance Center.

To the editor:    Consider what Shenna Bellows can do for you and your neighbors as Maine’s next U.S. Senator. As Executive Director of the Maine ACLU, she demonstrated that she is a political winner who can forge alliances across party lines and get things done. Having fought for privacy, equal opportunity, and voting rights, Shenna […]

To the editor:    There have been numerous letters written concerning the new draft DEP mining rules expressing concerns over water quality associated with the mining process. I believe it is important that we in Aroostook County try to understand all aspects of this “potential” effort. Some facts that we need to understand include:

Nominees sought for business award Staff photo/Kathy McCarty     THE SEARCH HAS BEGUN for Aroostook’s next Entrepreneur of the Year. A kick-off event was held Feb. 19 at Northern Maine Community College to announce nominations are now being accepted for the 2014 award, which will be presented during a dinner later this year. Pictured from […]