Living

12 months ago

Caribou area From our Files – Week of September 25, 2024

25 Years Ago – Sept. 29, 1999
First Citizens take ownership at the new site — The purchase of the former Yuseuf’s property on Bennett Drive is final. First Citizens Bank took ownership and plans to remodel the building, spring of 2000.

12 months ago

St. John Valley area From our Files – Week of September 25, 2024

10 Years Ago — September 24, 2014 

Paradis family sells three stores — Paradis Shop ‘n Save is selling its supermarkets in Houlton, Caribou and Calais to Hannaford Supermarkets, according to a statement issued by Hannaford on Sept. 16, 2014.

12 months ago

Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of September 25, 2024

25 Years Ago – September 29, 1999
Presque Isle veteran received medal for participation in Elbe River link-up — More than 50 years after World War II ended, veteran Wendell Perry received the thanks of the Russian government. Perry, who served in the 651st Unit attached to the 69th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, was at the Elbe River when the Allied and Soviet forces linked up on the river in Torgau, Germany, on April 25, 1945.

12 months ago

Houlton area From our Files – Week of September 25, 2024

75 Years Ago – September 6, 1949
Patten Labor Day Events Draws Crowd — Galen Libby of Chester won first prize in the horse pull and was awarded a $75 cash prize at the all-day Labor Day celebration in Patten before an estimated crowd of 3,000.

12 months ago

Birth

HOULTON, Maine — The following birth was recently announced at Houlton Regional Hospital: McLaughlin – A boy, Maverick Alan McLaughlin to Marissa DeLaite and Noah McLaughlin of Haynesville on September 10, 2024.