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5 days ago | 
wagmtv.com | Megan Waceken
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - Folks are working to prevent the Spruce budworm population from getting out of control in our Northern Maine Woods. This time of year, buds of the spruce and fir trees have emerged from the ground and would now be a snack for the active spruce budworm. A perfect time to be spraying those buds with pesticides. However, pesticides can’t be sprayed in rainy weather.
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1 week ago | 
wagmtv.com | Megan Waceken
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - Throughout the County, young writers gathered for the Young Author Institute event held by the Aroostook Right to Read Organization. The event was well-attended in its 43rd annual year. 163 students in total from around the County were there.
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1 week ago | 
wagmtv.com | Megan Waceken
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - The Torabhaig Atlantic Explorer is back in Presque Isle and will be taking off once again. In June of 2024, we cover the launch of the hydrogen-powered air-balloon, which was supposed to travel across the Atlantic ocean, landing in Europe. Plans changed with safety concerns and the Torabhaig land in the Gulf of St Lawrence. Now the crew plans for lift off again.
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1 week ago | 
wagmtv.com | Megan Waceken
ASHLAND, Maine (WAGM) - Memorial Day Ceremonies were held throughout the county, and there was one group of people who held their ceremony in three different towns. Four service members and the entire Ashland High School Band visited memorial sites at Masardis, Portage, and Ashland. “We are the Dead. Short days ago.
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2 weeks ago | 
wagmtv.com | Megan Waceken
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - The 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment report has been released. This year, the report reflected the whole state of Maine. Community health needs were evaluated by hospital systems, health care providers, community action agencies, and other social service non-profit.
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2 weeks ago | 
wagmtv.com | Megan Waceken
LIMESTONE, Maine (WAGM) - A team of students at MSSM was keeping an eye on the weather today from 35 Kilometers off the ground. This was possible with the launch of a weather balloon. The launch gave a team of students the chance to work with a climate change specialist from UMaine“This is an extraordinary learning experience for our students,” says MSSM Physics instructor Eugene Katsman.
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2 weeks ago | 
wagmtv.com | Megan Waceken
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - People currently experiencing their journey through brain injury, Caregivers of others, medical professionals, and survivors were all in one room together for the Northern Maine Brain Injury conference. Jenn Williams is one of the survivors. Williams suffered a thalamic ischemic stroke nine years ago. “I had a stroke in 2016, so about nine years ago. They think it was caused by certain medications that I was on. I was only 33. I had to learn to walk again.
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3 weeks ago | 
wagmtv.com | Megan Waceken
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - The Alice report data is out and it shows that Mainers continue to struggle despite having decent jobs. This is a story we told you about last week. We spoke with Sarah Duncan, Executive Director for United Way of Aroostook, who says the United Way will offer a new program in direct response to the Alice Report. In Aroostook County, out of the top 20 jobs for essential workers, 12 of those jobs pay 20 dollars or less an hour, according to Duncan.
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3 weeks ago | 
wagmtv.com | Megan Waceken
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - Today is the opening day of the Mall Mania Fair over at the Aroostook Centre Mall. Getting fair rides to Northern Maine has been a challenge in the past, but for 10 days, the public will have a chance to enjoy the ferris wheel and plenty of other carnival rides“What I’ve seen out here so far is -- there is about 20 rides -- 20 adult rides-- There’s probably 8 or 10 eateries, and then there’s children’s -- there’s a half a dozen for the toddlers too.
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3 weeks ago | 
wagmtv.com | Megan Waceken
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - Migratory birds, lactose intolerance testing, athletics, Cyber technology, and work in the greenhouse may not sound like a typical day in middle school, but during STEM Day at the University of Maine at Presque Isle Campus, that is exactly what 120 middle schoolers got to do today. STEM Day is an interactive day focusing on sciences, Technology, engineering, and mathematics in different fields offered locally at the college.
