25 Years Ago — March 3, 1999
Closing generation gaps – Spanning the generations were parents, grandparents and students of Helene Melvin’s second grade class at Dr. Levesque School in Frenchville.
25 Years Ago — Feb. 24, 1999
Madawaska native looking for third Grammy – When the Grammy Awards aired this evening in 1999 on national television, at least one St. John Valley family will be watching with more than casual interest. With roots firmly planted in Madawaska — he was born on 5th Avenue — Roland White and his bluegrass band are up for their third musical award.
120 Years Ago – March 3, 1904
Caribou included in the World’s Fair — Caribou will be one of the Maine towns which will have an exhibit as the World’s Fair at St. Louis this year. W. E. Crockett of the Caribou Woolen Mill is getting ready a display of yarns which he will send to this exposition.
50 Years Ago March 27, 1974
HRH Trustees Re-Elect Archibald– Justice James P. Archibald was re-elected president of the board of Trustees of the Houlton Regional Hospital at the annual meeting Thursday at the Military Street Division.
25 Years Ago – Feb. 24, 1999
Mills won an award — Management and employees of J. Paul Levesque & Sons were awarded first place with high honors for the 1998 Safety Award given by the Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association.
100 Years Ago – Feb. 21, 1924
New store — The new furniture store in Stockholm, which was recently opened by G. M . Morgan & Co. of this town, is in charge of Ralph Morgan.
75 Years Ago-February 24, 1949
Local Girl Named Aroostook Champion Speller in Caribou – Miss Byrna Mae Porter, 16- year-old Houlton High School Junior won the senior spelling contest and became the Aroostook County champion speller for the second straight year at the Caribou Winter Carnival
10 Years Ago — Feb. 12, 2014
Maude Moring named most senior citizen — Maude Moring, born in 1917, was named the town’s “Most Senior Citizen” by the Ste-Agathe Historical Society and was presented a golden cane Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, at Montfort Heights.
25 Years Ago – Feb. 17, 1999
Grocery chain’s campaign a success — Hannaford Bros. Co., parent company of Shop ’n Save and Hannaford supermarket, announced that its holiday fund-raising program, “The Joy of Sharing,” raised more than $70,000 for the Salvation Army.
25 Years Ago – Feb. 17, 1999
Caribou company makes what others in the state don’t — BMW Manufacturing Co. in Caribou is the only company in Maine who takes flat pie
