CARIBOU, Maine — The following births were recently announced at Cary Medical Center.
SIMPSON — A boy, Eli Michael Simpson, born to Kellie St. Peter of Caribou on May 2, 2015.
MCCLEARY — A girl, Zoe Mae McCleary, to Krystal Turton and Joshua Michaud of Madawaska on May 3, 2015.
SAN ANTONIO, TX — Air Force Airman Brandon S. Clark graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.
Grass is not always greener
To the editor:
I am writing to about my concerns of the drastic action being proposed by members of our community. The separation of part of the community into a separate town will cause devastating harm and pain to the citizens of our city.
If this were to happen, I see only discord occurring to all of those who live here. The problem of establishing another town administration with separate voting, council members, elections that surely will bring great division amongst the populace. I believe these frustrated citizens have failed to understand the many intricate workings of city government drive this action. This will not benefit our city.
To the editor:
The members of the Veterans’ Memorial Park Association would like to thank the Aroostook River Voices for the outstanding benefit concert they gave on May 30 at the Caribou Performing Arts Center. Because of the group’s donation of time, travel, and amazing talent, the Veteran’s Park Association received $1,890 in donations from those attending the concert.
The air in April still had a chill as I parked the car on the other side of the Fort Street Bridge and walked to where I had a better view of the water rushing over the dam from winter’s run-off. The sound was thunderous.
Leaning over the railing and looking down, I watched the swiftness of the water as it flowed under the bridge and the current carried it beyond. For years, the Aroostook River has been a part of Caribou’s landscape for industry and commercial use, for transportation, recreation and our drinking supply. Flowing freely in spring, summer and fall, it then takes on a different form when winter sets in and freezes the river into ice.
For the first time in Caribou, Matt Brown from Maine Autism Institute offered training for local first-responders on June 6 at Teague Park Elementary School. Brown has been in law enforcement for more than 30 years and has a 17-year-old son with autism.
“This is the kind of thing, in my opinion, that is going to save someone’s life someday,” Brown said.
The training focused on the safety of children in a school setting.
Connor Consolidated School was one of four Maine schools and 24 nationwide to be selected for a $2,500 grant last year. The grant is from the National Wildlife Federation’s Schoolyard Habitats Program and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Having worked hard the last several months, students were finally able to plant recently.
The Loring Job Corps Center recently celebrated the 50-year anniversary of Job Corps with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their new tractor trailer truck that will be used as the primary training vehicle for the highly successful commercial drivers license program.
WATERVILLE, Maine — The Caribou Vikings may have fallen short in their quest for the school’s 10th Eastern Maine title, but the future appears to be bright for the young squad.
The Vikings dropped a 3-2 decision to No. 1 Mount Desert Island in a match played at Colby College last Wednesday, but sixth-ranked Caribou, which had won road matches at Waterville and at John Bapst of Bangor to earn its Eastern Maine Class B championship-match berth, concluded its season with a 13-3 record despite a lineup featuring four freshmen and two sophomores.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Former University of Maine at Presque Isle standout skier Joey Bard has been named the new men’s and women’s head ski coach at the university.
Athletic director and former head ski coach Paul Stone will step down from his post later this year.
