MAINELY OUTDOORS
The small five-acre, reed-lined pond couldn’t really be classified as remote since it’s situated only half a mile from a paved road. Our trio of camo-clad hunters parked our pickup alongside a rutted field road and wrestled a 16-foot canoe from the roof rack. While other Aroostook sportsmen concentrated on the first week of deer season, the last week of moose hunting or grouse gunning, we hoped for a fast and furious duck hunt.
TAMC has joined in the effort to bring adaptive winter recreation opportunities to people in the area with physical disabilities.
Emily Faith Anderson and Jared David Sleeper were united in marriage on July 12, 2014. The ceremony was performed by Fr. Jean-Paul Labrie.
CARIBOU — The following cases were heard at the Aroostook County Superior Court during the month of August. Luis Antonio Alduende-Villa, 39, Fort Kent: probation violation, 250 days in jail, probation partially revoked and probation continued. Travarn Bell, 19, New York, N.Y.: assault, filed on $300 costs.
The Aroostook Medical Center announces the following recent births:
Glasscock — A boy, Luke Edward Lee Glasscock, born Aug. 20, 2014, to Celeste Johnson and Dusty Glasscock. Maternal grandparents are Alanna McHenan of Washburn and Lance Johnson of Mapleton. Paternal grandparents are Mike and Zsa Zsa Simard of Woodland.
The following births were recently announced at Cary Medical Center:
CARRIER — A girl, Gillian Grace Carrier born to Jennifer and David Carrier of Caribou on Oct. 6, 2014.
The University of Maine at Presque Isle and the Presque Isle Rotary Club joined forces to host their third annual World Polio Day and Purple Pinkie Project celebration, and this year, with the help of the Rotary Clubs in Caribou, Fort Fairfield, Limestone and Washburn, the celebration spread throughout central Aroostook County.
Military prep students brought a bit of Caribou down to Arlington Cemetery in Virginia last month, when they presented a locally-crafted wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The generosity of a local businessman is bringing increased awareness to the issue of domestic violence and the help available through the Hope and Justice Project.
Aroostook Republican photo/Theron Larkins Gaige Eivers, of Caribou, takes a shot at the mini-basketball hoop set up by Loring Job Corps students who volunteered at the Caribou Parks and Recreation Department’s Halloween Costume Party on Friday, Oct. 31. By Theron LarkinsStaff Writer CARIBOU — The gymnasium at the Caribou Parks and Recreation Department was […]
