The following births were recently announced at Cary Medical Center.

The Mars Hill Rotary met on Tuesday, July 9, with guest speaker Rick Duncan from the Aroostook House of Comfort.  

On Monday, July 15, the Houlton Rotarians met for their weekly luncheon at Watson Hall.

The Aroostook Probus Club held their monthly meeting on July 18 at Reed Commons on the Northern Maine Community College campus.  

Gregg Collins of Caribou was recently appointed vice chairperson of the Maine Community Foundation board of directors. 

The 2019 Caribou Rotary Club Cash Draw is underway, and club members expect tickets to sell quickly. 

The Northern Light Health board of directors held their annual meeting recently in Brewer, during which they chose officers and directors for the coming year.

All are welcome to visit the Christian Life Center for its “Day of Celebration” from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3.

115 Years Ago - July 13,  1904 Haying -- The first one to commence haying this year so far as we have learned is Ernest Washburn who began last Friday.

To the Editor: The annual Fourth of July parade is over. Vendors pull out. Visiting family and friends ebb away and return to their homes. The town goes back to normal -- being quiet. We hear the news that most of America’s rural communities are doomed to decline. We hear that rural life is fading away. We hear that rural older adults as well as younger ones are hit hard by opioid epidemic. When hope seems lost, where do we find hope in the rural community?