RSU 39’s school board gathered for their first meeting of the new year at the Caribou Learning Center and saw Superintendent Susan White acting as interim chairman, only for a few minutes, before board members unanimously elected this year’s chairman John Sjostedt and vice chair Kent Forbes. The new year also brought new board members, Jan Umphrey-Tompkins and Ron Willey.
CARIBOU, Maine — The five leaders of the Caribou Secession Committee are preparing to submit a petition to the City Council that will begin the process of breaking the community into two parts — the proposed Town of Lyndon, which would encompass 80 percent of Caribou’s current rural mass, and 20 percent of the municipality around the downtown area to remain the city of Caribou.
The secession process is a long one, requiring a local public hearing followed by state senate authorization before the idea is brought back to the city for a local vote on the matter. It’s a long road, and Secession Committee members are getting ready to take one more step down it.
The staff of the Caribou Middle School recently announced the students selected for the honor of Student of the Month for November.
Memorial books and materials were presented to the Caribou Public Library during the months of October, November and December 2014. They included: In Memory of Dale Quinten Helstrom: “Whoop and Drive’er!” by David Estey and “Hard Chance” by Peter Pfeiffer, presented by Rick and Patty Lister.
To the editor:
It has been a busy year for Halfway Home Pet Rescue volunteers. There has clearly been increased demand for our services. Other shelters and towns are seeking help by referring callers to HHPR.
Perhaps the increased demand is because we do all age-appropriate medical care before adoption. Perhaps it’s because HHPR’s mission includes the rehabilitation for injured or emotionally damaged cats (abused and/or grossly neglected).
Recently (January 2), The County experienced a significant bout of snow showers and snow squalls, along with areas of blowing snow which caused brief whiteouts. Conditions across Aroostook County varied tremendously over very short distances. West Chapman saw 4 1/2 inches of fluff, while just a short distance away there was only a dusting.
To the editor:
Even though we have a City Council that is supposed to run the affairs of the community, we do not have members who have been in business for themselves and must put together a budget of some means to make sure that the business continues to flourish.
To the editor: Thank you to all the parents and grandparents who so faithfully brought their children and grandchildren to all the Story Time programs at the Caribou Public Library over the last 18 years. If it weren’t for the parents’ support, there would be no successful programs at the library. Thanks also to the […]
100 Years Ago-Jan. 14, 1915
• Grange supper — At the grange Saturday evening an early supper was served to about one hundred in number, after which the officers for the new year were installed by Fred Spear, assisted by Forest Mason. Music was furnished by Beanett’s orchestra, assisted by Laura Noyes and Warren Noyes. A good time was enjoyed by all present.
• Frozen commodity — Gould Crouse [of Crouseville] is cutting ice at Haynes’ Bordeaux and he will supply the farmers with all the ice they need in Crouseville, Cross Road, Mapleton, Washburn, Presque Isle or Caribou.
To the editor:
I am writing to inform you of a travesty of justice that has taken place in Aroostook County. On Oct. 3, 2014 my father-in-law, Donald “Duke” Martin, of Portage Lake was struck by a motor vehicle while in a crosswalk in the Shop ‘n Save parking lot in Presque Isle. He suffered a severe head injury that day and died a week later in a Bangor hospital.
