The Caribou Vikings were looking to pull off the upset in their preliminary playoff baseball game last Wednesday in Dover-Foxcroft, but came up just short.
Caribou, which had grabbed the 13th and final playoff spot on the last day of the regular season, took a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first and later scored twice in the seventh to force a 4-4 tie.
CARIBOU, Maine — Taxes may be higher than many property owners might like, but tearing the city apart is not the answer, according to several businessmen and residents Friday reacting to a local secession effort.
During a public hearing Thursday night, members of the Caribou Secession Committee presented city officials with a 54-page report outlining details of their plan, including the economic effects of breaking up the city into two communities. Under the plan, about a quarter of the existing area in the more populated urban section still would be called Caribou; the remaining, more rural part of the city would become the town of Lyndon.
LIMESTONE, Maine — The 2015 graduating class of Limestone Community School may be small, but they will most likely accomplish big things.
Dressed in their class colors, 14 graduates took the stage at the LCS auditorium last Friday night. In front of a packed house of friends and loved ones LCS teacher Robert Hancock addressed the graduates and told them that even though they’re moving on from high school they “have many important things yet to learn.”
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CARIBOU, Maine — The Caribou High School motto hung above seniors waiting to take the next step toward college and a career on Sunday during graduation exercises held at the school Sunday. “Behind us lies the path of learning… Ahead, the road to success,” Anonymous wrote.
Eight students graduated from the Eastern Aroostook Alternative High School on Thursday, June 11. While this marked the end of a journey for these students, they all have bright futures ahead and many cherished memories.
Graduate Courtney DuBois of Limestone began the ceremony with a poem that she felt reflected the class of 2015.
“Now is the time to shine, the time when our dreams are in reach and possibilities, vast. Now is the time for all of us to become the people we always dreamed of being. This is your world. You’re here, you matter. The world is waiting,” DuBois said. She also graduated as a junior and is currently working full time.
Moderator Robert Edgecomb presided over Limestone’s town meeting last Thursday as residents voted on articles concerning the town’s budget for the next fiscal year.
LIMESTONE, Maine — Limestone Community School’s principal has been awarded the position of principal of Caribou High School, and will begin his new job on July 1, 2015.
Travis Barnes, a former Caribou Middle School teacher, has spent the last three years at LCS as assistant principal, athletic director and ultimately principal when Superintendent Susan White took over the district.
Maine State Police will honor a number of citizens, police officers and State Troopers at their annual awards ceremony today. The event will take place at 1 p.m. at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy in Vassalboro.
CARIBOU, Maine — Rural residents who wish to secede from Caribou to create Maine’s newest town, Lyndon, lauded the plan at a public hearing Thursday, and declared they’re fed up with taxes they say are unfairly levied upon them.
“We commend the leadership of Caribou,” said Paul Camping, spokesperson for the Caribou Secession Committee. “But we can’t allow you to lead us to the poor house or, worse yet, into bankruptcy or force us into a situation in which we lose our homes.”
