5 months ago
Team attempting 1st trans-Atlantic trip in hydrogen balloon will launch from Maine tonight
“I’m really ready to get in the air,” said Bert Padelt, one of the three pilots. “The hardest part is waiting.”
Stories by Cameron Levasseur
5 months ago
One of New England’s largest plumbing and heating wholesalers is expanding to Caribou
The expansion announced Monday, which also includes the acquisition of a distributor in Sanford, will bring the company’s Maine locations to 12.
5 months ago
Caribou’s summer street fair returns next week
“It’s a sense of community, a gathering place. Ever since we’ve put them on, they’ve been a hit.”
5 months ago
Missing for nearly a century, Caribou’s Boston Post Cane traveled 800 miles home
Inside a long, skinny cardboard box was the answer to a mystery that had eluded northern Maine historians for nearly a century.
5 months ago
How Maine schools are preparing for bell-to-bell cellphone bans
Maine administrators, school boards and policy groups will spend this summer debating how, not if, they will implement the ban.
5 months ago
Aroostook County hires architecture firm to design new jail|
The approval marks a significant step toward replacing Aroostook County’s ancient jail, which was built in 1889.
5 months ago
As bird watching grows, hobbyists flock to Caribou for monthlong birding series
This May was likely the most successful month in the program’s 14 years, organizers said.
5 months ago
Officials identify man who died in Westfield fire
The victim in a fatal early April fire in Westfield has been identified. Richard Lawrence, 70, died in the April 9 fire that destroyed a house and barn along Route 1 in Westfield, the chief medical examiner said Wednesday. The fire broke out around 3:38 p.m., Shannon Moss, a spokesperson for the Maine Department of […]
5 months ago
Fewer people visited Aroostook County in 2025, but they stayed longer
“An overnight visitor has a heck of a lot more economic impact than a day trip visitor.”
6 months ago
More Maine police departments are leasing cruisers
The odometer in the Caribou Police Department’s oldest cruiser is nearing 175,000 miles. Nearly half the department’s cruisers are more than 8 years old. Caribou spent nearly $100,000 on two new cruisers within the last year and roughly double the industry average on maintenance for its aging fleet. And vehicles aren’t getting any cheaper. Officers […]
