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Volume II Issue 02 - January 12, 2011
FK Town Council discusses marijuana, Pavilion, bridge
Andrew Birden
11 January 2011

FORT KENT - On Monday night the Fort Kent Town Council had a tie vote on a request from the Planning Board for a public hearing on the definition of a word in the zoning ordinance.

Members of the council questioned whether the change in the definition of the term "agriculture" was related to the cultivation and distribution of medical marijuana.

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Now is the time to learn art, knitting, floral design
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7 January 2011
FORT KENT - During Winter/Spring semester, 2011, the Maine School Administrative District 27 Adult and Community Education program will offer a range of fun, engaging personal interest classes.

On Tuesdays, beginning January 18, Gert Thibodeau of Fort Kent will conduct an art and painting program for ten weeks from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Community High School in Fort Kent.

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Learn to repair and maintain computers
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7 January 2011
ST. JOHN VALLEY - The St. John Valley Adult and Community Education Collaborative (MSAD #27, the Madawaska School Department, and MSAD #33) will offer a 60-hour Adult Vocational Education training program in Computer Maintenance and Repair during Winter/Spring semester, 2010.

The St. John Valley Technology Center in Frenchville will host the program.

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Welding training at Adult Ed
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7 January 2011
ST. JOHN VALLEY - The St. John Valley Adult and Community Education Collaborative (MSAD #27, Madawaska, MSAD #33) will be offering two Welding training program at the St. John Valley Technology Center during Winter/Spring semester 2011.

The center will hold one session on Wednesday evenings from 6-9 p.m., beginning January 12, 2010. Danny Robinson is the instructor of the course.

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Fort Kent trucking cut-off from Canada for foreseeable future
Andrew Birden
6 January 2011
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Eagle Lake is the place for baking
Andrew Birden
4 January 2011

EAGLE LAKE - "I do everything," says Diane Pelletier as she finishes making pie at Bald Eagle Outfitters.

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Credit union provides $350,000 to its members
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4 January 2011

FORT KENT - The Board of Directors of Acadia Federal Credit Union recently voted to refund approximately $350,000 in combined bonus share dividends and loan interest rebates to its members.

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Fort Kent Chamber Dinner announced
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4 January 2011

FORT KENT - The Greater Fort Kent Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors announced the 63rd annual Chamber Dinner will occur on Friday, January 21, 2011. Brenda Harvey who is currently the Maine State Commissioner of Health and Human Services is this year's guest speaker. Harvey is a graduate of the University of Maine and obtained her master's at the University of Southern Maine. She also graduated leadership Maine and was a member of the Maine Management Institute faculty.

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An opportunity to buy local - Home Solutions opens in Fort Kent
Andrew Birden
24 August 2010

FORT KENT - It is always a boost to a community when a new business opens up, and Fort Kent received a boost last week when Curtis and Christine Saucier opened Home Solutions on Main Street in Fort Kent.

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Why Kindermusik?
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23 August 2010

FORT KENT - Seven years ago, I traveled to Colorado to visit my friend Alisha and meet her first child, Caleb. Alisha was always someone I wanted to emulate when the time came to have a family of my own.  As a lot of first time parents tend to do "these days", she'd done a ton of research on ways she could help her child's development skyrocket.  It was no surprise that I found myself walking into a music class for her and her six-month-old

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New Ventures now accepting applications for entrepreneurial training
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19 August 2010
ST. JOHN VALLEY - Starting September 13, Maine Centers for Women, Work, and Community (www.womenworkandcommunity.org) will offer a free twelve-week course in business planning. If you are a new entrepreneur or business owner in the start-up stage, New Ventures will help you create a written business plan from start to finish with feedback from facilitators and fellow entrepreneurs.
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Fort Kent rebuilding apartments lost in '08 flood
Andrew Birden
22 July 2010

FORT KENT - In April of 2008, senior citizens living in sixteen apartments on

Board for FK marijuana distributer includes political leader, nurse, soil scientist
Andrew Birden
13 July 2010

FORT KENT - Leo Trudel of Fort Kent said Monday that there is a board of Maine citizens assisting him in his efforts to launch a medical marijuana distribution center.  The board includes current Maine State Representative, MSAD 27 school board member and former Maine State Senator John Martin.  It will also include University of Maine at Fort Kent nursing instructor Diana White and Jean English, a doctor with a PhD in soil science who teaches at Unity College.

Trudel said in an interview on Monday, "I want to see it help the citizens of Maine."

Fiddlehead Focus website now issuing accounts, posting polls
Andrew Birden
12 July 2010

FORT KENT - There is more on this website than ever before, and even more to come.

On Monday, July 12, the website for Fiddlehead Focus began accepting user accounts and posted the first onsite poll.

To sign up for an account, just click on the Register link in the top right corner near the Search box, or click on Create Account in the login area on the right-hand side of the web page.  Follow the on-screen instructions and you are all set.

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