CARIBOU, Maine — In the late 1820s, Alexander Cochran built a gristmill on the Caribou Stream — but it wasn’t called the Caribou stream at the time.
It was, however, the stream where Cochran’s son shot a caribou, thereby granting the waterway its new moniker of “Caribou Stream.” The mill was located on Caribou’s very first road, which is now Water Street.
LIMESTONE, Maine — Prior to the Limestone board of selectpeople’s regular meeting on Sept. 17, a public hearing was held to discuss the future of the Trafton Lake Campground, in Limestone. The special meeting was called by the board of selectpeople in order to give the campground’s current lot owners — who made up the majority of those who were in attendance, but also any other members of the town who wished to attend — the opportunity to voice any questions or concerns they had in regard to the recreational area.
Hospital recognizes two Collins families
CARIBOU, Maine — Cary Medical Center formally celebrated its 90th anniversary last Wednesday, at the Caribou Inn and Convention Center. Some 150 people attended the event including hospital staff, board members, physicians, volunteers, auxiliary and community members.
To the editor:
This summer I explored on a mountain bike, along with other Aroostook County residents, a small part of the 150,000-acre Katahdin Woods & Waters Recreation Area, the land proposed to become Maine’s second National Park and National Recreation Area.
To the editor:
The food pantry in Houlton served 900 households last year. U.S. taxpayers spend hundreds of billions of dollars on war and preparations for war every year. Climate crisis impacts weather and food supplies around the world. Racial injustice tears U.S. communities apart. Global violence and fear of violence escalates. These issues are connected.
You don’t have your phone. So no apps. Calculator? Nope. Abacus? That would be funny. But here’s the deal. You are heading to New Brunswick, or elsewhere in Canada, and you hear this: “Clearing tomorrow, with a high of 20.” Thing is, it’s Summer, and they’re talking Celsius! (Remember back in school when they told us “you’d better learn the Metric System because it is definitely coming”?)
The 2014 Gauvin Scholars were celebrated in style on Sept. 20, as they were the guests of honor at a gala aptly titled, “Night with the Stars.”
By Jen LyndsBDN Staff Writer CARIBOU — An Aroostook County woman who was sexually assaulted by the former Caribou fire chief in December 2011 filed suit against both her assailant and the municipality in U.S. District Court in Bangor last week. Whitney Nichols of Caribou is suing the city of Caribou and former Fire […]
Photo contributed by Gary Marquis Stantec employees participated in a Community Day on Sept. 15, where they volunteered their time trimming brush at the Soucie Sports Complex on Sincock Street. Pictured are, Administrative Assistant Julie Dicker, at left, and Office Manager/Project Engineer Shane McDougall. By Natalie De La GarzaStaff Writer CARIBOU — Stantec employees […]
Contributed photo Norma Newland of Caribou, a Mary Kay sales director, recently received her fifth car through Mary Kay. The black BMW 3201 was delivered from Bill Dodge in Westbrook, and Newland earned the car through outstanding achievements with the company. Newland first started with Mary Kay as an independent beauty consultant in 1999. As […]
