Grand Isle, Maine (WAGM) - A beautiful day in Grand Isle brought more than a dozen vendors and many community members out to the second-annual NOMA Homestead Festival on May 27, held at the Grand Isle Community Center
When we hear the sound of a notification on our phones today, it’s usually a message from a friend or an update from a social media app. But back in 2005, a beep on your cell phone could have meant the difference between a child lost and a child found.
While many may celebrate Memorial day by firing up the grill or enjoying a day off of work, for some, it’s a day to remember and reflect on those who paid the ultimate sacrifice.
Memorial Day is a special occasion to honor and remember the brave men and women who have sacrificed their lives while serving in the United States Armed Forces.
A former Bangor man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl.
It was Standing Room Only at the Fort Kent Town Hall LAST NIGHT as around 100 people gathered with the goal of saving services at Northern Maine Medical Center.
a Caswell woman was sentenced for possession of more then 500 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute and possession of firearms by an unlawful user of controlled substances.
On Monday, members of the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System voted to approve a Systemwide budget for the fiscal year 23-24. For the first time since 2021, the budget includes a 3% tuition increase for in-state students and slightly higher increases for out-of-state students. “After keeping tuition flat last year, and flat for eight of the past 12 years, this decision to increase tuition was taken very seriously by all of our Trustees,” said Trish Riley, Chair of the UMS Board of Trustees. Despite the increase, the University of Maine, the System’s flagship university is among the most affordable among New England states.
Donna Thomas, the Nutrition Administrator at Woodland Consolidated School, recently won the Maine School Nutrition Association Employee of the Year award.
The Young Authors Institute: organized by Aroostook Right to Read, held its first in-person conference since the pandemic. Giving Aroostook County young writers an opportunity to learn outside their classrooms. With a message of encouragement, "that being small-town kids from Aroostook County does not stop whatever writing dreams they have.”
Chris Lee is a popular face around the halls at Houlton Middle/High School. Now she can add the State Special Education Teacher of the Year to her resume.
On this segment of Matter of Law, attorney Frank Bemis talks about the importance of setting up wills, power of attorney and what do not resuscitate orders mean.
Reports of a man with a gun near Micmac Drive in Presque Isle led to a police response, but no arrest. According to the Presque Isle police Department,
The Maine Warden Service is reminding folks to be safe while exploring the North Maine Woods after rescuing an Ashland man who became stranded on a desolate trail near Togue Pond last weekend.
In this week’s Throwback Thursday we dial the time machine way back to 1967, where WAGM Reporter Wayne Knight interviewed the newly crowned Maine Potato Blossom Queen.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) -On Saturday, May 13th Northern Maine Community College will present CDL Lead Instructor & Coordinator, Dennis Dyer, with the 2023 President’s Award. The ceremony will take at The Forum in Presque Isle during the College’s 58th annual commencement.
A Charleston man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor Thursday to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl.
An unusual story this month with the Presque Isle Historical Society...as we learn about something that started as a bath toy and turned into something creepier.
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