Stories by Staff Aroostook Republican

10 years ago

A message for the New Year

To the editor:

     Each year, the dawn of a new year inspires us to reflect on the blessings and graces of the past twelve months and to look ahead with the good intentions of being a better person.

10 years ago

Where have all the farms gone?

To the editor:

     When I was a boy in the 1950s in St. Agatha, there were 70 or more small farms up Flat Mountain (Montaigne Platte) and even more in the surrounding community. Today there are none. They are all gone! The kids from Flat Mountain alone used to fill up most of our schools. What happened?

10 years ago

A totally different December!

           As you can tell by now, I sure do like my climate stats, and in my travels, I’ve found that others like them too! So let me give you two to start things off.

10 years ago

The cereal tree and the gift of givingThe cereal tree and the gift of giving

To the editor:

     As a proud employee of ACAP, and an active participant of the Cereal Tree Project, it warmed my heart to see the over 1,100 tickets put into our basket by the community, cementing the amazing donation from Scott Carlin and Star City IGA of 250 Cereal Boxes to help some of our Aroostook families. Every child enrolled in an ACAP early care and education program brought home a box of cereal before the holiday break.

10 years ago

Countering Boko Haram

By U.S. Sen. Susan M. Collins
(R-Maine)

     In 2014, the terrorist group Boko Haram shocked the world by kidnapping 276 Nigerian schoolgirls, sending them into lives of sexual slavery and forced “marriages.” That horrific act was part of a nearly decade-long campaign of brutal violence by the extremist organization against the people of Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger in West and Central Africa.

10 years ago

1966: Parking lot proposed

115 Years Ago — Jan. 1, 1902

     Notice — Until further notice, the shoe dealers will close their stores on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings of every week.

     Late — The passenger train due here at 10:15 p.m. Monday did not arrive until 8:00 Tuesday morning. The delay was occasioned by a snow plow train running into the rear of a freight train near Staceyville, resulting in a grand mix-up on the track. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

100 Years Ago —Jan. 4., 1917

10 years ago

Aroostook County Superior Court

     CARIBOU — The following cases were heard at the Aroostook County Superior Court during the month of November.

10 years ago

Rangers urge caution on ice

    T6 R11 WELS, Maine — Rangers on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway (AWW) on Dec. 29, 2016 reported thin ice in the middle of the larger headwater lakes, and advised ice fishermen to use caution when heading out to fish. Ice fishing season began on Jan. 1, 2017.

10 years ago

New wardens graduate from CJA

     VASSALBORO, Maine — The Maine Criminal Justice Academy graduated 61 new police officers on Friday, Dec. 16, from the 18-week Basic Law Enforcement Training Program (BLETP) in Vassalboro. Of those 61 officers, five were Maine game wardens who will now be entering their next phase of training.

One of the new graduates has been assigned to the Mars Hill area.