Thursday, Jan. 14 LIMESTONE: American Red Cross blood drive at the Loring Job Corps Community Building ballroom from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16 CARIBOU: Railroads of the Caribou area display at the Caribou Historical Center and Museum, 1033 Presque Isle Road, 12-4 p.m. Items include photographs, postcards, books and other […]
Thursday, Jan. 14 LIMESTONE: American Red Cross blood drive at the Loring Job Corps Community Building ballroom from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16 CARIBOU: Railroads of the Caribou area display at the Caribou Historical Center and Museum, 1033 Presque Isle Road, 12-4 p.m. Items include photographs, postcards, books and other historical information. Tuesday, Jan. […]
115 Years Ago – Jan. 9, 1901
Cold wave — A cold wave arrived Wednesday night and this Thursday morning, it was 12 degrees below zero.
Program to benefit various potato farmers in Aroostook County BANGOR — The Maine Association of Conservation Districts (MACD) recently convened in Bangor for its annual winter meetings.
Contributed Photo G-Force Laser Tag recently celebrated the opening of their new space in the Aroostook Centre Mall in Presque Isle with an official ribbon cutting attended by representatives of the Central Aroostook Chamber of Commerce. At the ceremony are, from left: Josh Nadeau of the Northern Maine Development Commission; Jim McKenney, The Aroostook Medical […]
To the editor:
In case you missed it, the Jan. 2-3, 2016 edition of the Bangor Daily News contained a front page article entitled 10 QUESTIONS FOR MAINE IN 2016.The second question pondered by the writer was, “What if Caribou Splits?”
To the editor:
A big shout-out to Beaulieu’s Garage in Caribou. We experienced the first serious cold-snap of the winter this last week, and one of my guest’s car’s battery died. Beaulieu’s got his car in right away, delivered to his work place in short order, and the guy making the drop-off wouldn’t accept a tip.
By John Albert-Murchison
My mother called me New Year’s weekend, upset about a place called Lyndon and how Caribou is slowly being chiseled away in order to save on property taxes.
I’m wide awake … grinding sandy snow into my back. 6:10 a.m. Two frozen black tubes jut into my tearing eyeballs. The air remains terribly frigid, mercilessly penetrating any exposed crack in my snowsuit. The tubes magnify a small zone of sky near the stars of Bootes the Herdsman. Desperately, the search continues for a small spot of fuzzy oblong light near familiar star patterns.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — New Ventures Maine will offer a free five-week class in career planning to help participants achieve career goals.
