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Woodland approves $2.1 million school budget

A little over a dozen Woodland residents approved the town’s $2,129,273 school budget during Tuesday's meeting held outside the town office garage.

2020 Caribou Marathon canceled

The Caribou Marathon has been canceled due to uncertainties surrounding future restrictions and health concerns amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Caribou Parks and Rec wins statewide tourism award

The Caribou Parks and Recreation Department recently received the 2020 Maine Tourism Leadership and Growth Award for creating and distributing the Aroostook County Trail Report.

Crews begin work on Caribou’s Otter Brook Bridge

The Maine Department of Transportation began a project on Tuesday to replace an old metal culvert with a new precast concrete box on the Otter Brook Bridge in Caribou.

Caribou area From our Files – Week of June 30, 2020

115 Years Ago - July 5, 1905 New industry -- A new industry has been in operation the past two weeks at King’s Grove, Mars Hill, it being the distillation and manufacture of cedar oil from cedar boughs.

Access to affordable health care is vital for all Mainers

For years, too many Maine families have struggled to pay for medical care, ranging from routine doctor visits and prescriptions, to emergency treatment.

Foibles and fun with favorite phrases

You know how this feels: you’re in a conversation with someone and you utter a folksy expression you’ve heard all your life, and the other person tilts their head and wrinkles their nose as if you had just spoken Armenian.

NMDC expands finance division

Northern Maine Development Commission is expanding its Business Finance Division to better serve the needs of COVID-19 effected companies and others who want to start or grow their businesses.

Summer target shooting can be a fun family outing

Shooting is a degenerative skill; whether you favor a bow, handgun, rifle or shotgun, abilities decline with lack of practice.

June’s weather story is one for the books

June weather has ranged from springlike to tropical in The County, with the latter half of the month bringing record-breaking heat and extremely dry conditions.

Caribou Community School approaching the finish line

The Caribou Community School project is still making great strides during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the new facility on track for completion in time for the next school year.

Fourth of July may be different this year, but fireworks are still possible

The current environment of social distancing may have doused possibilities for large Fourth of July picnics and celebrations this year, but fireworks displays can be enjoyed both privately and from afar.

23rd annual Fort Fairfield Athletic Boosters Club Golf Scramble is Aug. 15

The 23rd annual Memorial Day Golf Scramble will be held in memory of Becky McCrea Griffeth who passed away in February of this year.

Pink Aroostook director joins national breast cancer summit

Since April of 2012, Bethany Zell, program director of Pink Aroostook at Cary Medical Center and president of the Maine Breast Cancer Coalition, has traveled each year to Washington, D.C., to participate in the National Breast Cancer Coalition’s Advocate Leadership Summit and Lobby Day.

Credit union Ending Hunger effort aids local food pantries

NorState Federal Credit Union supports local community food pantries through the efforts of Maine’s Credit Union Ending Hunger Campaign, and recently announced last year’s contributions totaled more than $23,000.

Catholic Youth Convention to go virtual on July 26

The Maine Catholic Youth Convention, traditionally a weekend gathering of Maine teens from Aroostook to York counties, will move online this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but promises to celebrate the faith and gifts that young people bring to the life of the church.

Small Swedish group holds socially distanced Midsommar festival

New Sweden’s annual Midsommar festival was significantly reduced in size due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a couple of Swedish families came together to ensure the tradition was still upheld.

Flights from Presque Isle International will permanently connect with Dulles

The Department of Transportation has announced that flights from Presque Isle will go to Washington Dulles International Airport until the end of United Airlines’ essential air services contract in May 2022.

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