Stories by Staff Aroostook Republican

11 years ago

Ingersoll sings National Anthem before Maine House Chamber

Contributed photo    State Representatives Carol A. McElwee, R-Caribou, right, and Dustin Michael White, R-Washburn, left, stand with Gabi Ingersoll, a Caribou native and current Bangor resident, in front of the Speaker’s rostrum in the Maine House Chamber in Augusta. Ingersoll had the honor of singing the National Anthem before the start of the day’s session […]

11 years ago

Births announced

CARIBOU, Maine — The following births were recently announced at Cary Medical Center.
CRAIG — A girl, Amiah Mae Joyce Craig, born to Krista and Dustin Craig of Fort Fairfield on March 11, 2015.

11 years ago

Limestone readers create edible books

LIMESTONE, Maine — The Robert Frost Memorial Library recently hosted an “edible book” contest, where patrons put their imaginations to work and made edible sculptures representing some favorite books.

11 years ago

Library accepts gifts

CARIBOU, Maine — Memorial books and materials were presented to the Caribou Public Library during the months of January, February and March. They included:
In Memory of Mrs. Arlene M. Learnard: “The Making of a Peace Corp Volunteer: from Maine to Thailand” by Roger O’ Parent, presented by Roger Parent.

11 years ago

School notes

Collins joins Phi Kappa Phi

BATON ROUGE, LA — The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi has announced that Annie Collins of Caribou was recently initiated into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

11 years ago

1900: Mannequin turns heads

115 Years Ago-1900

• Another sign of spring: The soda fountains have commenced operation.
• The beautiful wax figure in Miss Evelyn Fisher’s show window is attracting quite a lot of attention from the male portion of Caribou’s citizens.

11 years ago

Van Buren processor wins business of year honor

Contributed photo    Olivia Griset, left, president of the Maine Environmental Education Association board, congratulates Chris Hallweaver, general manager of fresh produce processor Northern Girl in Van Buren, on being named the MEEA’s 2015 Business of the Year. The award was among those presented during the organization’s annual meeting in Wiscasset.     VAN BUREN — A […]

11 years ago

Stockholm settlers featured in Echoes

    Folk medicine in Ashland, historic restoration in Lille, a World War II pilot from Castle Hill, and a Swedish family’s migration to Stockholm are among the topics of features in the new Echoes released this month.

11 years ago

Cary’s care earns kudos on national honor roll

    CARIBOU — Cary Medical Center has been named to the Harvard Pilgrim Honor Roll along with 13 other hospitals in Maine.     According to Cary officials, the Honor Roll recognizes those adult, acute care hospitals whose performance was among the top 25 percent of those measured nationally on a set of composite quality and […]

11 years ago

BPW luncheon is April 22

    The Caribou Business and Professional Women (BPW) will host the 15th annual Employee Appreciation Luncheon Wednesday, April 22, at the Loring Job Corps Community Center dining room from 12-1:30 p.m.