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Corn maze at Goughan’s Berry Farm is taking shape for this year’s new theme
CARIBOU, Maine (WAGM) - While strawberry season is underway at Goughan’s Berry Farm, farmer Mark Goughan is already driving through the growing cornfield to shape this year’s corn maze. Goughan said he creates the maze design by driving through the cornfield to produce a picture visible from above....
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Aroostook’s biggest celebration of the potato industry starts this week
Amid the summer heat in a rural Aroostook town a stone’s throw from Canada, where blossoms are poised to explode from fields, thousands of people will soon descend on Fort Fairfield to bask in northern Maine’s chief agricultural export: the potato. They will race potatoes. Decorate potatoes. Cook...
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Penquis receives Maine Community Foundation grant to support solar panel installation at Millinocket Manor
MILLINOCKET — Penquis has received a $10,000 grant from the Daniel and Mary Teresa Ahern Fund of the Maine Community Foundation. Funding will support the purchase and installation of six solar panels at Millinocket Manor, a 37-unit affordable housing community under development in Millinocket. The project will help reduce electricity costs and support the long-term […]
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Chamber welcomes new credit union branch
The Central Aroostook Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting for the grand opening of the Acadia Federal Credit Union’s Presque Isle branch. From left are, front row: LaNiece Sirois, chamber executive director; Kendyl Cassidy, chamber board member; Elaine Guimond, board member; Kerry Crandall, branch manager; Jessica Limary, member service representative; Erica Albert, executive vice president and CFO; Joey Cannan, president and CEO; Christy LeBlanc, lead member services representative; Justin Dubois, director of member and market development, Margo Dyer, chamber immediate past president; Ryan Rackliffe, chamber president-elect; and Stacy Skinner, chamber vice president. Back row, Donald Guimond, board member; Percy Thibeault, board member; Brian Stoliker, vice president of risk management; Lee Dubois, commercial loan officer, Chris Shaw, board member; Steve Ouellette, supervisory committee, Peter Sirois, board member; and Scott Haley, board member.
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The County Federal Credit Union welcomes new faces
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The County Federal Credit Union is pleased to announce the addition of two new team members, William Belyea and Nicole Erickson, who bring extensive experience in financial services, leadership, operations and member support to the organization. Belyea joins The County as the new branch manager...
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A longtime Caribou roller rink is for sale
A longtime roller rink that has been home to birthday parties and celebrations in Caribou for more than half a century is for sale. Melody Roller Rink hit the market late last week for $595,000. Ken and Elsie Doody, a husband and wife and former competitive dance skaters, opened the...
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UMaine Extension and local soil and water district host pasture walk in Hodgdon at Duff Farm
HODGDON, Maine — University of Maine Cooperative Extension, in partnership with Southern Aroostook Soil and Water Conservation District’s Field Talks, will host the second event of the annual Pasture Walk Series from 3 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14 at Duff Farm, 525 White Settlement Road. This...
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S.A.D.C. Receives $1,000,000 Grant
HOULTON, Maine (WAGM) - The Southern Aroostook Development Corporation has received a one-million-dollar grant to help bring new life to part of the Houlton Industrial Park. The funding comes through the Northern Border Regional Commission’s Forest Economy Program and will support the development of a new forest-products manufacturing facility. NewsSource8’s Karri Triplett has more on what the project could mean for Houlton.
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Versant plans public meeting next week
Versant Power invites stakeholders and customers to attend its upcoming Maine Public District customer information meeting and Planning Advisory Group meeting in Presque Isle. The meetings are slated Wednesday, June 24, at Northern Maine Community College’s Edmunds Conference Center, with the open customer meeting from 9 to 10 a.m. and the advisory group meeting from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.