115 Years Ago —Nov. 20, 1901
Starch — The Caribou Grange starch factory has shut down after having made 170 tons of starch.
Back to work — A.A. Garden, the clothing merchant, was able to be at his store, Monday, after having been ill at home for nearly two weeks with a severe cold.
ST. JOHN VALLEY, Maine — Power of Prevention, a program of Cary Medical Center, has been working with many communities in northern Aroostook County to provide Partnerships to Improve Community Health (PICH) grant-funded signage for free physical activity locations in our towns.
Power of Prevention (POP), a program of Cary Medical Center, is partnering with the University of Maine at Fort Kent to help expand the growing capacity of the university’s greenhouse garden by awarding to the university $10,000 for greenhouse infrastructure improvements.
HOULTON, Maine — The Salvation Army is hoping that its annual Christmas Kettle Campaign will mean a brighter holiday season for struggling men, women and children in Maine.
Spray Maine will offer a $5 spay/neuter clinic for cats in central Aroostook County on Wednesday, Nov. 16.
Lead poisoning has long been the leading cause of death for adult loons in Maine. In order to protect loons from lead poisoning from the ingestion of lead fishing tackle, laws that began in September have made it illegal in Maine to sell bare (unpainted) lead-headed jigs less than 2.5” long.
Phil’s Florist closed after fire in January 2014
Years after a devastating fire claimed a longtime Caribou business, a phoenix is just months away from rising out of the ashes to help end veteran homelessness.
City council members met last week to review the 2017 spending package for Caribou.
Group asks Council to keep broadband study active
Caribou’s broadband coalition has requested a workshop with City Council members as a response to having their $46,500 broadband study shot down.
