Caribou

2 days ago

Aroostook Veterans Advocacy Committee to meet at Cary

CARIBOU, Maine — The Aroostook Veterans Advocacy Committee will host a meeting in the Chan Center at Cary Medical Center on Saturday, November 16 from 10 a.m. to noon. The meeting will present a seminar on end of life issues as well as provide updates on the Caribou Maine Veterans Home and other VA benefit […]

4 days ago

Caribou boys defeat Gardiner in Class B North quarterfinal

CARIBOU, Maine — On Wednesday, October 30 the third-ranked Caribou Vikings boys soccer team gave up an early goal to  No. 6 seed Gardiner, then scored three unanswered goals to pull out the 3-1 Class B North quarterfinal victory over the Tigers. Kian Alves of the Tigers, who had defeated 11th-seeded Winslow 8-6 in the […]

4 days ago

Cary/Pines to sponsor documentary film ‘The Unknowns’

In honor of Veterans Day, November 11, Cary Medical Center and Pines Health Services will present the documentary film “The Unknowns”on Sunday, November 10 at 2 p.m. at the Big Bang Movie Theatre on Sweden Street in Caribou. There will be no charge for the movie and all veterans, families and others interested in the […]

4 days ago

Caribou area From our Files – Week of October 30, 2024

25 Years Ago – Nov. 3, 1999
Officials visit the site of veterans cemetery — Legislators visited the proposed site of a veterans cemetery to get an idea of what needs to be done to change the field into a burial ground. Organizers hope to begin burials by Memorial Day.

5 days ago

A blossoming giant

Nancy McBreairty of Caribou stands next to her 8-1/2-foot petunia plant she grew this year. As far as she knows, it is the largest known petunia in the U.S. according to her research. The flowering giant, a mix of wave and super petunias, has survived several frosts and is still growing and blossoming.

5 days ago

Local leaders committed to economic growth

Penny Thompson, city manager for Caribou, has reached a significant milestone by graduating from the University of Oklahoma Economic Development Institute this October. Alongside her, Johanna Johnston, executive director of the Southern Aroostook Development Corporation, and Christina Kane-Gibson, Mi’kmaq Nation economic development director & interim CEO of Eltueg Corporation, are on track to complete the […]

5 days ago

The County Crossword for Oct. 30, 2024

You can complete this crossword puzzle online.  Just click on the box you want to fill in and begin typing the word you think is the answer to the clue.