Contributed photo/Robyn Smith Dusty, a gray and white neutered male, was brought to the Halfway Home Pet Rescue after his family couldn’t take care of him anymore. Volunteers said that the 4-year-old cat is affectionate and clean, with a loving personality. Dusty would do well in any size family. He has received all his medical […]
Emera Maine customers in the Maine Public district will see a decrease in the delivery portion of their electric bill effective Jan. 1. Two rate proceedings resulted in positive news for local ratepayers and will lower delivery rates this winter:
Official with Aroostook County Action Program, Inc. have announced the agency has received a $4,150 grant from the Hudson Foundation to support low-income clients with emergency heating assistance.
By Jen LyndsBDN Staff STOCKHOLM — A Caribou woman suffered significant injuries Friday evening after she was struck by a vehicle in Stockholm, according to the Maine State Police.
CARIBOU, Maine — The Executive Board of Northern Maine Development Commission (NMDC) has approved a nearly $100,000 grant application to conduct a pilot project in Van Buren to protect valuable water resources.
CARIBOU, Maine — Assistant City Manager Tony Mazzucco has left the building and Caribou City Manager Austin Bleess isn’t sure if he’s going to find a replacement.
“There’s no firm plan at the moment. I think we owe it to the staff and citizens of Caribou to see what we need in the next person. We need to see if we can get by without it. Budgets are always tight and due to the governor’s recent state budget proposal, I don’t think it’s prudent to hire a new assistant city manager before we know what’s coming down the pike,” Bleess said Monday.
Sen. Collins announces nearly $1 million federal grant
CARIBOU, Maine — U.S. Senator Susan Collins has announced a major federal grant to Cary Medical Center in Caribou to support the development of a collaboration of 10 hospitals that serve five counties in northeastern Maine called the Rural Health Innovation Network (RHIN).
Former Birds Eye site building to come down
CARIBOU, Maine — One building of the former Birds Eye vegetable processing plant on the corner of Fort Street and Route 1 may be coming down soon through force, rather than gravity.
City Council and city administration put forth efforts in 2014 particularly to require property owner Steven R. Nasiff, of the Massachusetts-based Nasiff Land LLC, to clean up the former industrial site. Through the state’s Dangerous Building statute, Nasiff was ordered to adhere to a remediation timeline that included demolishing the buildings by Oct. 31 of 2014.
LIMESTONE, Maine — Limestone’s new town manager has been at the helm since Jan. 5, 2015 and is no stranger to The County, having served as Madawaska’s town manager from 2004 to the end of 2005.
Manager Fred Ventresco brings with him eight years of municipal management experience, and four of those years were spent managing Maine communities.
After all the red meat and gravy on the table the past few weeks, it’s a nice change to serve seafood. When selecting fish, be sure to choose wild-caught, which is not heavily processed, nor does it contain antibiotics or fed liver or other unnatural food that can taint its flavor. When buying shrimp, […]
