The 49th annual Scout Winterama took place in Caribou over the weekend. Scouts from around Aroostook County put their outdoor survival skills to the test in a display of friendly competition.
Aroostook Republican photos/Natalie de La Garza Six-year-old Julianah Willette dances with her dad, Jason, during the Feb. 13 dance.
I grew up eating a lot of desserts, and Mom loved to make puddings and pies — chocolate pudding, butterscotch pudding, tapioca, rice, and bread pudding, apple pies, peach pies, and cream pies. What a lucky kid! I have many of her recipes and a few from friends as well. Here are four. I […]
AUGUSTA — Rep. Robert Saucier, D-Presque Isle, is supporting a bill that would make it easier for Maine’s veterans to access benefits they earned through their military service.
AUGUSTA, Maine — Local students attending the University of Maine at Augusta were recently named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2014 semester. Among those achieving the honor were Jessica Chase of Connor Twp., Ashley Drinkall of Caribou and Haley Lizotte of Van Buren. To be on the Dean’s List, a student must earn […]
CARIBOU — The Caribou Choral Society will begin rehearsals next week for its spring concerts and new singers are welcome. Rehearsal takes place on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at the Mormon Church Cultural Hall, located at 72 Paris Snow Drive in Caribou. Conductor Dan Ladner said that all singers interested in […]
Cary Medical Center and the Aroostook Area Agency on Aging will begin a new series of caregiver training for family members and others who are caring for people with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia.
There is a part of the Affordable Care Act that gets very little mention and generates very little controversy – and it’s a provision that enabled local organizations within states to form non-profit, cooperative entities that provide insurance to their citizens.
It may be carved on my tombstone – If I’d only known then what I know now. I wouldn’t have made all the mistakes I have made; and that goes double for my genealogy.
While recently reading Denise May Levenick’s book “How to Archive Family Keepsakes” I remember thinking “NO WAY!” when she suggested just dumping Aunt Hattie’s desk drawer’s into a box. I was aghast, how disrespectful! The contents need to be carefully sorted and preserved!
By U.S. Sen. Susan Collins
(R-Maine)
In late 2012, a Maine jury found an Androscoggin County woman guilty of stealing from her own mother. The details leading up to this conviction were very troubling: This woman sold her mother’s home and moved her into a camper located in her backyard. As if that were not bad enough, the daughter and her boyfriend went on to deplete her mother’s life savings over the course of two years, leaving her penniless as well as homeless.
