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– The Canadian Pacific are offering special low rates as inducements to visit the state Fairs, namely to the Eastern Maine State Fair at Bangor. Ticket agents at Caribou will issue on August 24 to 28 at a rate of $6.75 and on August 28 to 30 at a rate of $5.00. All tickets good to return until September 11.
FORT FAIRFIELD — It has been a big year for Lucerne Farms of Maine, and it’s about to get even bigger. A successful, vertically integrated producer of specialty formulated, value-added hay products, Lucerne Farms expects to enjoy its most productive year since its founding more than two decades ago.
New Ventures Maine is offering scholarships to help aspiring business leaders complete an online course.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Social media is now a mainstream communication channel that consumers and small businesses across the nation utilize daily. The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) has highlighted outstanding community banks and community bankers who make social media an integral part of their marketing and communications strategy.
PRESQUE ISLE — The Northeast Society for Human Resource Management (NESHRM) will hold its 19th annual human resource conference on Thursday, Sept. 17, at Northern Maine Community College in Presque Isle.
PRESQUE ISLE — Come September, Hope and Justice Project will welcome a new executive director as well as a new associate director. Contributed photo NEW LEADERSHIP — Desiree Chasse, left, and Patricia Smith will begin work as Hope and Justice Project’s new associate director and executive director, respectively, on Sept. 1.
CARIBOU — Renovations on the new Jefferson Cary Cancer Center are nearing completion and fund raising efforts to support the center now top $50,000. The new center will dedicate the former building for oncology and specialty services to a full-time cancer service. Photo courtesy of Cary Medical Center Renovations for the new […]
LIMESTONE — Officials at the Loring Job Corps Center in Limestone have announced Pat Tounzen of Caribou as Staff of the Year. Contributed photo Reading students of teacher Pat Tounzen at Loring Job Corps pose beside a mural Tounzen painted in her classroom. From left are Shymere McCullough, Manikqua Mcgowan, Slade Michel , […]
By Christopher Bouchard Staff Writer CARIBOU — First Choice Market and Deli celebrated their grand opening last Thursday at the store located in the former Ouellette’s Variety building on Sweden Street. Aroostook Republican Photo/Christopher BouchardA grand opening ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Thursday at Mike Cyr’s new store on outer Sweden Street in Caribou — First […]
Individual winners at the Mars Hill Mountain Challenge held Aug. 15 included,
