Caribou residents will now be allowed to weigh in on a $9.9 million design for a new police station at the November elections, but the process of approving the referendum has torn the city council in half.
After a drought to start the season, the Caribou girls varsity soccer team picked up their first win with a 3-1 victory versus Mount Desert Island at home Saturday afternoon.
Old Town traveled north to put up a 1-0 victory against Caribou on Saturday during the Vikings’ first home game of the season.
Dozens of athletes from northern and central Maine high schools competed at Caribou’s invitational cross country meet Saturday afternoon.
For the 20th year, the Caribou Fire Department and other local first responders and community members gathered outside the fire station Saturday to honor the lives lost and sacrifices made during the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001.
Versant Power is investigating an outage that left more than 6,000 customers in the Presque Isle and Caribou area without power for a half hour Friday morning.
The Fort Kent girls soccer team swept into Caribou Tuesday, Sept. 7, and unleashed a scoring barrage against the home Vikings in what was the first game of the season for both squads.
The Madawaska girls and boys varsity soccer teams dominated Washburn in back-to-back matches on Thursday evening — the girls winning 8-3 and the boys taking their game 12-1 in the rain.
The Caribou City Council will not put a proposal for a new police station before the public for a vote because three members of the council say the $9.9 million estimate on the project is too high.
Northern Light A.R. Gould Hospital closed its emergency department to visitors Saturday evening, and announced it would remain closed at least until Monday, when the hospital plans to reevaluate the situation.
