9 years ago
Cafe plans reunion
NEW SWEDEN — The New Sweden Covenant Church will hold its third annual Covenant Cafe reunion on Tuesday, July 26.
Stories by Staff Aroostook Republican
9 years ago
Grant will improve distance learning
FRENCHVILLE, Maine — SAD 33 in Frenchville will receive a federal grant of $366,459 to beef up its distance learning capabilities, according to an announcement Thursday, July 14, 2016. The impact will stretch throughout northern Aroostook.
9 years ago
Echoes details runners, baseball legend and more
Magazine publishes 113th; dates back to 1988
AROOSTOOK COUNTY, Maine — Echoes magazine begins its 28th year of continuous publication with the release of its 113th edition this month. The only Aroostook County magazine produced in print, Echoes has published quarterly since 1988.
9 years ago
Foliage Music Fest coming to FKOC
FORT KENT, Maine — The Bangor Daily News, in partnership with the Fiddlehead Focus and the Fort Kent Outdoor Center, is bringing a day of music to Fort Kent on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016. The bands include Maine favorites such as The Ghost of Paul Revere and Dark Hollow Bottling Company as well as national folk artist and Aroostook County native Ellis Paul.
9 years ago
Students invited to app challenge
Reps. Chellie Pingree and Bruce Poliquin invite Maine high school students to participate in the 2016 nationwide Congressional App Challenge.
9 years ago
Thunderstorm does little to dampen community event
Thunderstorm does little to dampen community event By Christopher Bouchard Staff Writer CARIBOU — The unique vendors and entertainment of Sweden Street’s biweekly event were all moved to the Caribou Wellness Center last Thursday due to a severe storm. Aroostook Republican photo/Christopher Bouchard Shirley Leavitt sells a variety of homemade wooden crafts during the […]
9 years ago
Group rates Cary among safest
CARIBOU — Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization made up of some 2000 large employers and other purchasers of health care, informed Cary Medical Center earlier this year that the hospital had earned an ‘A’ patient safety score.
9 years ago
Fort Fairfeld shop reopens after accident
Nana’s Thrift Store owner, town officials celebrate business’ recovery By Anthony Brino Staff Writer After a car crashed into Claudette Edgecomb’s thrift store on the first day it opened, she is back to running the small business in Fort Fairfield. Staff photo/Anthony Brino Claudette Edgecomb marking the reopening of Nana’s Thrift Store […]
9 years ago
ACT offers small business tourism funds
CARIBOU — Aroostook County Tourism officials remind Tourism Network subscribers that the Maine Wood Tourism and Training Initiative offers one-to-one matching grants to help companies market their businesses more effectively and professionally.
9 years ago
‘A natural labor of sweetness’
Retirees own beehives in growing honey market By Anthony Brino Staff Writer AROOSTOOK COUNTY — Across Aroostook County this summer, John Hangen and Charlie Jewett have more than 700 beehives feeding on buckwheat, clover and other flowers and going on to contribute to the growing honey market. Staff Photo/Anthony Brino John Hangen, co-owner […]
