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4 February 2012

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4 February 2012

Blog ending midnight, 3 February 2012

23:46 - Caller reports he or she is stuck behind a business.

23:01 - Officer is at the 10th Mountain.  There is an unattended vehicle and no one around.

22:53 - An officer reports he told the apartment residents to quiet down.

22:42 - Caller reports that the people in a nearby apartment are "...still being loud, jumping and dropping stuff."

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3 February 2012

FORT KENT - The University of Maine at Fort Kent's Presidential Lecture Series committee will host a writing contest titled, 'Unexpected Gifts.' The committee is searching for submissions from UMFK students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members.

Submissions should be about an unexpected gift given or received.

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3 February 2012

AROOSTOOK COUNTY -Northern Maine Community College will be joining with schools, churches, libraries and other organizations across the country in hosting a Read-In to celebrate Black History Month as well as to promote literacy. The public is invited to attend the NMCC event, which will take place at noon on Monday, Feb. 13, in the college library.

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3 February 2012

AROOSTOOK COUNTY - Young and Free Maine is asking to hear from Maine musicians, ages 18 to 25, through their 'Sound Off' Music Competition.

The contest will be open to individuals, groups, or artists from Feb. 1 to March 5.

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2 February 2012

FORT KENT - The University of Maine at Fort Kent will host the Northern District (Aroostook County) Scripps National Spelling Bee competition for 6, 7, and 8 grade students on Friday, Feb. 10 at 6 p.m. in Fox Auditorium.

Maine School Administrative District 27, under the supervision of Ralph Caron, vice principal at Fort Kent Elementary School, is sponsoring the 2012 competition.

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2 February 2012

MADAWASKA - An exhibit on display for the next few months in Madawaska at the Chamber of Commerce features local artisans who seek to preserve history and look to the future with their crafts.

Daigle Oil Company Partners with Jobs for Maine's Graduates Offering Students a Real Life Job Search and Job Shadow Experience  FORT KENT - Daigle Oil Company Human Resources Manager, Tim Freeman, was more than enthusiastic to say ‘yes’ in assisting Susan
2 February 2012

FORT KENT - Daigle Oil Company Human Resources Manager, Tim Freeman, was more than enthusiastic to say 'yes' in assisting Susan Dubay with her Job's for Maine's Graduate (JMG) class curriculum by visiting the classroom and helping Dubay design a program linking classroom learning with work requirements.

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1 February 2012

AROOSTOOK COUNTY - There were 52 logs, 40 volunteers, eight trees from eight different sites, seven landowners, two workshops, and best of all, no emerald ash borer.

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1 February 2012

AROOSTOOK COUNTY - A team of Northern Maine Community College students and employees are once again turning to the Aroostook County community to help raise funds for a good cause as they prepare to take their annual "polar dip" on Feb. 10 off the coast of Maine.

Troy Jackson
1 February 2012

Dear friend,

During my time in the legislature I have always dedicated myself to fighting for the working men and women of our state. The 125th legislature has reenergized my devotion to this cause and given me far greater focus than I have ever known before. I've been dismayed and sometimes shocked to hear rhetoric in Augusta that belittles and minimizes Maine people and their exceptionalism.

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1 February 2012

MADAWASKA - The St. John Valley Adult Education Collaborative, Madawaska, SAD 33, and SAD 27, is offering "Unwired - Wireless Home Networking" on Thursday evenings from 6 to 9 p.m. at the St. John Valley Technology Center beginning on Feb. 9.

The class will teach students how to get rid of that nest of wires under the computer, gaming systems and TVs by installing a wireless network in a home setting.

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1 February 2012

FRENCHVILLE - Madawaska/SAD 33 Adult and Community Education is offering a class designed to help remove the intimidation factor from writing poetry.

"Painless, No Panic Poetry," taught by Monica Pettengill Jerkins, will meet on Tuesday evenings from 6 To 7:30 p.m. at the St. John Valley Technology Center beginning on Feb. 7.

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31 January 2012

ST. JOHN VALLEY - On Tuesday morning, Jan. 31, at around 10 a.m., someone looked at the 700,000th web page for the month at FiddleheadFocus.com, marking a milestone in the progress of the fledgling news organization.

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31 January 2012

MADAWASKA - The Pride of Madawaska Marching Band will be taking orders for $5 foot-long subs until Feb. 2 for pick-up on Sunday morning Feb. 5, just in time for Super Bowl.

Organizers will make the subs fresh to order Sunday morning and they will be ready for pick up from 11a.m. -1 p.m. in the high school cafeteria.

002shawn
31 January 2012

ST. FRANCIS - Acadia Federal Credit Union is pleased to announce that Shawn Parker has assumed the position of Branch Manager at their St. Francis branch location.

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29 January 2012

ST. JOHN VALLEY - In cooperation with the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety, the St. John Valley Adult and Community Education Collaborative, comprised of SAD 27, SAD 33, and Madawaska, will offer the Maine Driving Dynamics Course from 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at the St. John Valley Technology Center in Frenchville on Saturday, Feb. 11.

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29 January 2012
FORT KENT - Steven and Danielle Ouellette of Fort Kent are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Olivia Marie Ouellette on January 25. Olivia's maternal grandparents are Mary Ann and Joel Desjardin of Fort Kent and her paternal grandparents are Robert and Diane Ouellette of New Canada.

 

28 January 2012

AROOSTOOK COUNTY - On Saturday, Maine State Trooper Carman Lilley arrested a man who, two days earlier, fled the scene of a snowmobile accident in Patten, Maine, abandoning a man who had sustained injuries in the accident.

According to a press release, Trooper Tim Saucier assisted Lilley when they located Ronald McGraw, age 39 of Patten, at his residence and arrested him without incident on an outstanding warrant.

Police then transported McGraw to the Penobscot County Jail in Bangor.