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FORT KENT- On May 14, author Betsy Connor Bowen visited students at CHS.

Before her arrival, students read her book 'Spring Bear' during English classes.

Gathered in the CHS library, students asked Bowen various questions about the book. One student asked “What inspires you to write?”

MAINE– On Wednesday, May 16, Governor Paul LePage signed the supplemental budget bill that creates the new Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, according to a press release issued by the Governor’s Office.

FORT KENT - Memorial Day weekend, theatergoers will have a chance to see Fort Kent Community High School Shaman Theater perform Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” in the school’s gym.

FORT KENT -One hundred sixty-nine students received degrees at the 130th commencement exercises at the University of Maine at Fort Kent this past weekend. University President Wilson G. Hess presided over the ceremony that conferred 139 bachelor degrees and 32 associate degrees.

FORT KENT- Seven students from Community High School attended the Jobs for Maine's Graduates Career Development Conference on Friday, April 27.

Organizers held the event at the Augusta Civic Center for the more than 64 schools that have Jobs for Maine's Graduates classes as part of their curriculum offerings.

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BARN OF A DIFFERENT COLOR JIGSAW - This puzzle is a creative depiction of a Market Street barn where artists will soon complete a farming mural. - Birden image

To solve an easier version of this puzzle, click on this LINK or the image shown here.

MADAWASKA – At approximately 8:56 a.m. on May 15, the Madawaska Fire Department received a call to respond to a fire on 5th Avenue at the home of Mrs. Vernon Roy. 

ST. JOHN, N.B./ Fort Kent– On May 2 and 3, Melanie Saucier of Fort Kent competed in the New Brunswick Competitive Festival of Music, an international competition in classical composition in St. John, New Brunswick, earning the second place Aliant Award for the Intermediate Performer as well as the David and Joan Stillwell Memorial Award for outstanding vocalist in her category.

AROOSTOOK COUNTY- A unique first time fundraiser to benefit Cancer Care Services at The Aroostook Medical Center (TAMC) and the upcoming Aroostook County Relay for Life will take place over a full 24-hour time period on the rooftop of the A.R. Gould Memorial Hospital in Presque Isle.

EAGLE LAKE/ Aroostook Road – State Police have charged an Eagle Lake man after he wrecked his truck in the early morning on April 27 and left the scene of the accident.

Trooper Corey Hafford said the police issued the charges after investigating a car accident that occurred on Aroostook Road at approximately 2 a.m. that morning. The accident totaled a pickup truck that 21-year old Charles Surrells Jr. of Eagle Lake was driving.

FORT KENT – The University of Maine at Fort Kent held the 130th Commencement Ceremonies at the UMFK Sports Center on May 12, 2012.

The ceremony honored Dr. Peter MacLaren Toussaint, M.D. with the Distinguished Service Award, and presented Dr. Terrence J. MacTaggart with the Honorary Degree.

VAN BUREN/CONNOR – According to a press release from the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency Fiddlehead Focus received Friday afternoon, officers have charged 34-year-old Jason Sirois of Van Buren in connection with a meth lab operation in Connor and an incident in Van Buren a few weeks ago where a sanitation worker inhaled fumes from the discarded remains of an apparent meth lab found in a dumpster.