CARIBOU, Maine — In the past 25 years of business, Shear Precision owner and cosmetologist Alma Jackson has made a lot of good friends and some great memories at her Bennett Drive business.
When a young attorney published the first edition of the Aroostook Republican on Jan. 14, 1880, Caribou citizens may have questioned their newspaper’s chance of success. After all, they may have reasoned, the town’s first newspaper survived just two years before being bought out by Presque Isle investors and moved across the town line.
“My father had very little education but he made this business a success,” said Wayne Belanger, speaking of his father Patrick Belanger, original proprietor of Pat’s Sunoco. “He worked every day, all day into the evening, he was amazing — he did everything.”
CARIBOU, Maine — A store that once sold everything for everyone, Freme’s Jewelry’s has refined itself over the years and features exclusively unique adornments and gifts for that special someone.
To the editor:
This year the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots of Northern Aroostook County was able to deliver over 3,000 toys to over 2,600 children. We would like to extend a special thank you to the Subways restaurants of Ft. Kent and Madawaska who creatively used dress down days to raise money to donate to the Christmas Campaign.
115 Years Ago-1900
• Potatoes $1.25 per barrel today.
• The first mail from Van Buren, New Sweden, etc., over the B & A extension arrived Monday morning. Hereafter the mails will be carried by train.
To the editor:
This letter is about the need for the people in Aroostook County to find young leaders in our high schools and then turn them on to going to West Point.
Photo contributed by Fenton Jones The Boys and Girls Club of Presque Isle and Maine Families Home Visiting Program at the Aroostook Band of Micmacs signed a Memorandum of Understanding on January 12, agreeing to cooperate in a way that is mutually beneficial to both parties and to the target population they serve. The Boys […]
CARIBOU — When a child is critically ill or injured, special medical training is required to handle the unique needs of the younger patient. With this in mind, nurses from Cary Medical Center and Northern Maine Medical Center recently gathered to learn more about how to best care for pediatric patients experiencing a health […]
PRESQUE ISLE — Momentum Aroostook, MMG Insurance and the University of Maine at Presque Isle have announced that nominations are now open for the eighth annual Young Professionals Institute, running this year on Tuesdays from March 3 to April 14. The online nomination/application form is available at www.umpi.edu/ypi. The nomination deadline is Friday, Jan. […]
