“I’m going to die,” thought David Haggan when his snowmobile went through the ice on Pleasant Lake in Island Falls Jan. 1, 2011. A teacher at Reeds Brook Middle School in Hampden, Haggan was responding to a call for help from another snowmobiler when he “found himself under water with …
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ECHOES magazine marks 25 years
Caribou-based Echoes magazine will celebrate 25 years of continuous quarterly publication July 21 at 3 p.m. in the University of Maine at Presque Isle Campus Center. Writers, artists and photographers who contribute to Echoes will display and sell their work, donating items to be awarded as door prizes during the …
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WWII memoir authors to tour Aroostook
Kathryn Olmstead and Philomena Baker will tour Aroostook County June 25-28 to introduce and sign their new book Flight to Freedom. June 25 they will be at the Caribou Public Library from 4-6 p.m. and June 26 at the Swamp Buck Restaurant in Fort Kent from 3-5 p.m. June 27 …
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June 18 Book Launch in Bangor
Philomena Baker and Kathryn Olmstead will host a launch party for their book Flight to Freedom in the Bangor Public Library Lecture Hall from 4 to 6 p.m. June 18. Previewed in 2010 as a seven-part series in the Bangor Daily News, Flight to Freedom documents Baker’s experience as a …
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Book Launch in Bangor June 18
Philomena Baker and Kathryn Olmstead will host a launch party for their book Flight to Freedom in the Bangor Public Library Lecture Hall from 4 to 6 p.m. June 18. Previewed in 2010 as a seven-part series in the Bangor Daily News, Flight to Freedom documents Baker’s experience as a …
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