Stories by Lanette Virtanen

120 Years Ago – Aug. 11, 1904
Good turn out for opening day — Scores people visited the new dry goods store of A. V. Goud & Co., on Sweden Street Saturday on their opening day.

25 Years Ago – Aug. 4, 1999
Fort Fairfield chooses Limestone’s volunteer chief — Paul C.  Durepo off Limestone has been named the town’s new fire chief. Durepo was recommended by Town manager Dan Foster and confirmed by the town council ast last Wednesday’s meeting. Durepo, 49, has served in Limestone’s volunteer fire department for 30 years, the last 16 as chief.

75 Years Ago – July 28, 1949
Fort Fairfield girl winner of Shopping Carnival award — Miss Betty Burtsell, Fort Fairfield, won the all-expense Bermuda trip offered as grand prize of the three-day gala Caribou Shopping Carnival held here Thursday through Saturday of last week.

25 Years Ago – July 21, 1999
New business opens their doors — Caribou Hardware opened its doors three weeks ago joining the more than 80 other Trustworthy Hardware stores in Maine. Toby Cormier, wonder, worked as a manager of a Trustworthy store in Van Buren for nine years.

25 Years Ago – July 14, 1999
100 years of Frost Memorial — No one in Limestone really knows where the first Library was housed. Sketchy records place the library in various locations, but since its inception, the town’s library has continued to outgrow its home.

25 Years Ago – July 7, 1999
For the Veterans — A new rose planted on Thursday at the Caribou Veterans Center as part of a nationwide event honoring America’s veterans will eventually find a home at the proposed veteran’s cemetery. The Veterans Honor Hybrid Tea Rose is a dark red hybrid rose with dark green, semi-glossy leaves

25 Years Ago – June 30, 1999
Caribou, New Sweden racers compete in Houlton’s derby — For the first time in four years, an out-of-town racer took the checkered flag in the Stock division of the Northern Maine Soap Box Derby Race held last Saturday on Drakes in Houlton.

100 Years Ago – June 19, 1924
New store opened — The opening of the new F. W. Woolworth store took place last Friday and was attended by hundreds of people, who not only enjoyed the fine music discoursed by a local orchestra, but the large and varied assortment of goods on display.

120 Years Ago – June 2, 1904
Planting trees — One hundred shade trees were set out around Teague Park during the past week, the work being done by Samuel Taylor.