10 years ago
Prepare your home to withstand any weather
The weather these days seems to be more volatile than ever — swinging from record-setting heat waves to deep freezes, seemingly from one day to the next.
Stories by Staff Aroostook Republican
10 years ago
Is your home ready for winter?
With winter approaching, many Americans miss a few small, but crucial, ways to prepare their homes for the colder season.
10 years ago
Home-Safe-Home
LUDLOW, Maine — Some say the electric feeling of buying and moving into your own home never wears off. When you own the floors you’re standing on, the walls surrounding you and the roof over your head, you also own great satisfaction from the hard work that resulted in your home becoming yours. This is true for Maine families and seniors alike.
10 years ago
Protecting Maine’s outdoor heritage
By U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin
(R-Maine)
Maine is home to some of our Nation’s most breathtaking landscapes, diverse wildlife, and pristine environments. These irreplaceable features truly make our home unique, and it is important that they are preserved.
10 years ago
Increase colorectal cancer screenings
To the editor:
Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the country. This year alone, an estimated 137,000 people will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and nearly 50,000 will die from the disease. Compounding the tragedy is the fact that colorectal cancer is one of the most preventable forms of cancer.
10 years ago
Aroostook Skies: Moon River
By Larry Berz
Fondly and movingly, I can only hope and believe our County community clutch spent its Sunday night pondering not only the total eclipse of the Moon but, more personally, the total eclipse of the heart which such events evoke.
10 years ago
Taking care of carriers
To the editor:
Crisp days, cooler nights — who doesn’t love fall? But taking a fall – that’s a different issue.
10 years ago
Excessively high taxation
To the editor:
Every community has a tipping point, when it comes to property taxes. If property taxes are too low or too high, life in the community can become unsustainable and even harmful for many of its citizens.
10 years ago
1915: Caught in a rut
115 Years Ago – 1900
– A long distance telephone has been placed in Henry Bradstreet’s meat market and grocery store this week.
– Open time for moose commences next Monday, October 15. Moose are reported as being very plentiful this season.
10 years ago
What’s Happening (week of 10-14-15)
Thursday, Oct. 15 CARIBOU: Adventures reading program for youth ages 6-8 at Caribou Public Library, 10-10:30 a.m. WASHBURN: The Salmon Brook Historical Society will hold a potluck supper and business meeting on Oct. 15 at the Civic Center at 6 p.m. Bring a place setting and a main course dish, salad […]
