115 Years Ago-Nov. 16, 1899
• Teague Park: About five years ago, J.D. Teague anticipated growth that Caribou is destined to see, laid out a street intersecting with Main street on the west and connecting on the east with that which runs parallel with the Aroostook River. This opened up a number of desirable house lots. He then gave to the town a lot of land thirty rods square for a public park.
University of Maine at Presque Isle Geology Professor Kevin McCartney is in the middle of his “Silicoflagellates Around the World” trip this fall — an adventure that includes stops in Japan, China and Poland. McCartney was awarded a University of Maine System Trustees Professorship for the fall semester to conduct this research trip. Contributed […]
Contributed photo Jennifer Perreault, an agent with Gallagher Insurance Agency of Caribou, recently received a Maine Council Scholarship at the 2014 Conference held at Sugarloaf Resort. She has worked in the insurance business for seven years and plans to use the $200 scholarship to pursue her Accredited Customer Service Representative designation. CARRABASSETT VALLEY — […]
Contributed photo Precision machining student David Wentworth, right, talks about the program and equipment to Jon Rayborn of Midstate Berkshire in Winslow, during the recent NMCC Trade & Technical Department’s open house. Midstate Berkshire maintains a 250,000 square-foot manufacturing facility with more than 100 state-of-the-art, multi-axis CNC machines. This is one of the many companies […]
The snow is falling outside my window and despite my disbelief in that we are facing winter already, I am feeling good about the business climate here in the Caribou area. I did have to laugh when I received Sleeper’s weekly sales e-mail in a line David related from a customer. Apparently the customer […]
Bjork, Carola J., 94, November 3, 2014. Interment was held in the New Sweden Cemetery. Arrangements by Mockler Funeral Home, Caribou.
Champagne, Pauline C., 97, November 3, 2014. Interment was held in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Andover, Ma. Arrangements by Arthur J. Scott Funeral Home, Lawrence, MA.
Heaslip, William R., Jr., 30, November 8, 2014. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, November 14 at Hodges Funeral Home at Naples Memorial Gardens, with burial to follow. Arrangements by Hodges Funeral Home, Florida.
Sullivan, George F., Sr., 79, November 9, 2014. Calling hours are from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, November 13 at the Caribou Assemblies of God Church, Caribou, where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Interment to be held in Lyndon Center Cemetery, Caribou. Arrangements by Lancaster Morgan Funeral Home, Caribou.
As a student, Sam Heino is used to writing research papers for class. However, it’s not every day that one of her essays is entered into an international contest and wins an honorable mention. That’s exactly what happened to Heino as she entered herself in the 2014 Ocean Awareness Student Contest, organized by the national environmental nonprofit From the Bow’s Seat.
