BUSINESS MATTERSBy William Tasker Caribou Area Chamber of Commerce Mission accomplished. After a round of golf Saturday morning, I drove around town and everything was packed as the city was full of vehicles for the City-Wide Yard Sale. Every eatery on Bennett Drive was full as well as those on Sweden Street. My neighbor […]
By Scott Mitchell JohnsonStaff Writer PRESQUE ISLE — Careers in welding, carpentry and heavy equipment operation aren’t just for guys anymore. That was the message at the 12th annual Totally Trades conference held April 29 on the NMCC campus. Sponsored by Women, Work, and Community, a statewide organization committed to helping Maine people succeed […]
BANGOR — Emera Maine announced several changes in its executive leadership. In keeping with the company’s mission of growing and developing leaders, Alan Richardson became president and chief operating officer effective May 15.
The University of Maine System Board of Trustees unanimously approved a fiscal year 2016 budget May 18 that will freeze in-state tuition at 2013 levels pending legislative approval of Gov. Paul LePage’s FY 2016-17 budget proposal for Maine’s universities.
MADAWASKA — Aroostook County Tourism (ACT) will host a Tourism Summit Thursday, May 21, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Madawaska, with a focus on how growing the tourism economy is a collaborative effort.
115 Years Ago-1900
• Caribou is fast becoming a railroad center of no mean proportions. There are now 24 regular trains daily.
• The heavy thunder shower of Monday night seemed to have been the turning point in the cold weather. Tuesday, though rainy, was warm and summerlike.
FairPoint Communications plans to lay off 219 people in northern New England, as it closes a call center in South Burlington, Vermont, and makes cuts elsewhere.
If you love to garden, please read on, because this week’s topic is Frost Advisories and Freeze Warnings, and, more specifically, when they are, and are not issued.
Now due to the fact that the last frost or freeze of the season occurs later as you head north and west, warnings from the National Weather Service for “out-of-season” frosts or freezes are also issued later in the season as you head north and west.
Letters from our mailbox Memorial Day — A time for remembrance To the editor: As we approach the long weekend for Memorial Day, I ask that you consider what significance that day has for you and your family. Is it just a time for a day off and a long weekend for a cookout or […]
It comes to no surprise that survey after survey indicates that most seniors would much rather stay in their own homes and communities to “age in place” and live independently as long as possible.
