Plans are well underway for our family reunion in July. We designated a small committee to organize things and send out invitations. I was surprised that all but six went out electronically, either thru Facebook or email. Things have certainly changed since the last big one. We also set up a free family reunion website through Weebly.com and I have started filling Shutterfly.com with family photos from the last 140 years.
To the editor:
The Caribou Secession Committee, regret that our statements at the June 11, 2015 public hearing about the Caribou Ambulance Department were not adequate enough, nor contain enough details for the general public to understand what we wanted them to know. A perspective about the city’s operation of the ambulance department is needed to accomplish this.
To the editor:
Halfway Home Pet Rescue in Caribou has operated the Marie Joyce Allen Free Pet Food Pantry for the past six years. Unfortunately, this program for families in temporary financial crisis is currently unable to meet more than 60 percent of presented needs.
To the editor:
I have followed the developments and correspondence between the city of Caribou and the committee for secession since the onset of the secession movement.
Here are some more cooking basics I continue to make over and over. My basics are foundations for more elaborate dishes with ingredients added to spice up my repertoire in the kitchen. You can do the same to save time and effort. Basic Nine-Day Coleslaw If you’re a coleslaw lover like I am, […]
Contributed Photo Connor School third-graders were given new bike helmets on June 5, courtesy of the Caribou Rotary Club. They include, from left, Nick Anderson, Alexis King, Johanna Coleman, Chantelle Babin, Hunter Leichliter and Joseph Stubbs.
115 Years Ago-1900
• There were 225 excursionists to Fort Fairfield Wednesday over the B & A and 135 over the C.P.R., a total of 360 from Caribou.
BANGOR — Emera Maine customers will see adjustments in their transmission rates, which went into effect July 1. For a typical residential customer in the Maine Public Service district, these rate adjustments will amount to a total bill decrease of approximately 93 cents per month, Emera officials said.
Contributed photo J.P. Levasseur holds a copy of his new textbook, “Technical Physics — Using the Systems Approach.” The Caribou native designed the book to be especially appropriate for technicians and includes information students will need for licensing exams. PRESQUE ISLE — Thanks to a collaboration with his students, NMCC instructor J.P. Levasseur will […]
Contributed Photo The Rotary Club of Caribou recently presented a $5,000 donation to the Caribou Bread of Life Soup Kitchen. The pledge will go toward the agency’s ceiling renovation project at the Odd Fellows Building, 62 Collins Street. At the season kickoff for the Thursdays on Sweden Street event, representatives of the Rotary of […]
