Stories by Staff Aroostook Republican

10 years ago

Clukey’s Auto Supply acquired by NAPA

  Buyout effective Nov. 1 By Anthony Brino Staff Writer      PRESQUE ISLE — One of Aroostook County’s longtime independent auto parts retailers is now a part of NAPA Auto Parts, as the family-owned business makes a transition.

10 years ago

UMPI professor publishes paper

     PRESQUE ISLE — Kevin McCartney, professor of geology at the University of Maine at Presque Isle, has recently published his latest paper in the international paleontology journal, Marine Micropaleontology.

10 years ago

Let’s Go! awards County sites for commitment to keep kids healthy

     Six area schools, after-school and child care programs and one healthcare practice in central Aroostook were among those honored recently for their commitment to creating healthy environments for the children they serve.  Contributed Photo   Aroostook County Action Program, Healthy Aroostook and Let’s Go! staff celebrate with Let’s Go! Aroostook sites of distinction. […]

10 years ago

Pregnancy Care Center banquet raises $24,000

     PRESQUE ISLE — The 13th annual Pregnancy Care Center Fundraising Banquet was held Oct. 22 and raised just over $24,000 to help the center continue its work.

10 years ago

1940: Caribou man celebrates the big 9-0

115 Years Ago—November 28, 1900

Hose-house — It has been suggested that a hose-house be built near the B&A railroad station. The suggestion “would be a good one and should be acted upon, as that part of town has seen substantial growth and deserves efficient fire service,” a recent letter to the editor, said.

10 years ago

Caribou District Court

CARIBOU — The following cases were heard at Caribou District Court during the month of October.

10 years ago

Paying it forward

To the editor:

     Merry Christmas to the military and families of the United States of America, our true heroes.

10 years ago

The Great American Holocaust

To the editor:

     As an Indian, the real and true American, I ask our white brothers a very serious question about this day. How can I celebrate this day? The act of expressing and giving thanks is what our people shared with the Pilgrims upon their arrival to our homeland. This, along with many other things that we shared with those original refugees, was our way of greeting those newcomers to our homeland. With open arms of love, respect, acceptance and tolerance. And then, in time, only to be repaid with the theft of our homeland through genocide.

10 years ago

Avoid risky online behaviors

To the editor:

     Identity theft, investment fraud and scams rob millions of Americans of their hard-earned money every year. Con artists use a myriad of scams to steal your hard-earned money, including phishing scams, tech-support scams, gold coin scams, oil and gas scams, sweepstakes and lottery scams, grandparent scams and many more. Although their methods are different, research shows that the tactics scammers use are the same.

10 years ago

New printer enthralls UMFK library patrons

     FORT KENT, Maine — In a small corner of a publicly accessible computer lab in the University of Maine at Fort Kent Blake Library is a gray cube that has students talking all across the campus.