Presque Isle News

U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that she has successfully secured $6,610,000 in federal funding for four Maine projects, including the Maine Offshore Wind Initiative at the University of Maine.

With the economy in recession, many people have been forced from their jobs and even their homes, but the displacement phenomenon doesn't end there.

When taxpayers approved a scaled down version of the SAD 1 district budget last week, the cutbacks didn't just affect the financial total, they also forced officials to revise plans for a district windmill project.

A local Teamsters union will stage a massive statewide food drive to assure that no one in Aroostook County goes to bed with a rumbling stomach.

June 30, 2009 Professional & Financial Regulation - Insurance Superintendent of Insurance Mila Kofman announced on Tuesday that the Bureau of Insurance will conduct a Summer Consumer Outreach Program to help consumers with insurance cases and to raise awareness about the Bureau's resources.

One of my favorite memories of serving as staff director for the Governor's Commission on Education Reform back in the mid 1980s is of driving a van full of eminent Mainers to a hearing at the University of Maine at Presque Isle during a snowstorm while trying to concentrate on a conversation with former chief justice Sidney Wernick.

Two weeks ago, the Town Council snuffed out a proposal that would have banned smoking and the use of tobacco products in the town's parks.

BANGOR : The local Pine Tree Chapter of the American Red Cross recognized special foundation, media and community partners, as well as two new Red Cross nurses and six outstanding volunteers at the chaptera s 90th annual meeting attended by more than 50 members on June 17 at the Spectacular Event Center in Bangor.

State police say they're investigating the theft of copper grounding wire from utility poles along a 14-mile stretch in northern Maine.

Mrs. Barbara Bush announced today that the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy's Maine Family Literacy Initiative has awarded $445,000 supporting family literacy programs in 21 Maine communities.

The Maine Association of Retirees members, at the Aroostook County Regional Meeting held on April 1, 2009 in Presque Isle, ME, voted to re-elect Paul R. Kelly of Fort Kent, ME to serve as one of three Regional Directors for Aroostook County.

Investigators are still trying to determine what caused a fire that destroyed a home at 884 Griffin Ridge Road on Wednesday afternoon.

AUGUSTA : Student senates at Maine's seven community colleges donated a total of $101,600 in food and funds this spring to food relief agencies across the state.

The duties of firefighters and police officers differ from those of employees who work at an office or another conventional job site.

THE WATERVILLE GIRLS OUTLAST CARIBOU FOR THE CLASS B EASTERN MAINE CHAMPIONSHIP.

Hotel officials are eyeing a July 31 opening to introduce travelers to a 93-room Hampton Inn being built in Presque Isle.

A Presque Isle High School graduate who is now an actor and playwright will return to his roots tonight when he addresses the PIHS Class of 2009.

AUGUSTA – Governor John E. Baldacci and Maine Technology Institute President Betsy Biemann today announced that the MTI Board of Directors has approved a total of $25 million in awards to 16 applicants across Maine.

In an effort to involve their students in Presque Isle's sesquicentennial celebration, the 6th grade teachers at Presque Isle Middle School decided to have their students learn more about the history and heritage of the city.

BELFAST : A group of 22 French motorcyclists from Strassborg, France, visited Belfast on Friday & Saturday.