I have a wide variety of interests. I write a baseball blog and write for another site about the New York Yankees. I study local history and pore over everything I can find on genealogy. I also am a photographer. While I am not a Paul Cyr (who is!?), I enjoy the positive feedback […]
CARIBOU — The Northern Maine Development Commission (NMDC) and the Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership (Maine MEP) have announced that Ken Letourneau has been selected to serve as the Maine MEP project manager for Aroostook and Washington counties. Letourneau will work with small and medium-size manufacturers to help them become more productive, efficient and […]
CARIBOU — Lydia Kieffer, Caribou’s new marketing and event coordinator, recently graduated from Paul Smiths College in Paul Smiths, N.Y., and was recognized for achieving a perfect grade point average. The college’s president, Cathy Dove, awarded Kieffer the prestigious 2015 President’s Award, as the senior with the highest cumulative grade point average of 4.0.
LIMESTONE — The Maine School of Science and Mathematics has been awarded a one-year $36,000 planning grant to start up a pilot program with two under-resourced middle schools in Maine. MSSM and Educate Maine recently announced that the magnet school received the grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation (JKCF), a private independent foundation […]
Mariel Brown-Fallon of Caribou graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in political science from the College of Arts & Sciences during commencement ceremonies May 17 at the University of Vermont.
PRESQUE ISLE — Thanks to a collaboration with his students, NMCC instructor J.P. Levasseur will soon be publishing a second edition of his book. The physics instructor of 25 years published his own textbook which was used for the first time during the 2015 spring semester. “Technical Physics — Using the Systems Approach” is […]
PRESQUE ISLE — VIP Tires & Service, of Lewiston, have announced that two of the firm’s Presque Isle managers will square off in a friendly but competitive challenge aimed at raising money for a great cause that will get one manager very wet. Starting now through June 6, General Manager Tony Boucher and Manager […]
115 Years Ago-1900
• Forest fires have been raging for two or three days and the atmosphere is very smoky in consequence.
• A new school paper called The Arcturus is issued this week by the senior class of the Caribou High School.
To the editor:
In 2012, a new Real Estate and Personal Property Tax valuation was (implemented) in Caribou. When I received my personal property tax bill in July of 2012, it had gone up almost four times higher than the year before.
To the editor:
It is common for the public to point fingers and want to place blame on our elected officials when they make difficult, controversial decisions, and the recent decision by the school board of School Union 122 to send our high school-age kids to Washburn District High School rather than Caribou High School is one of those decisions.
