18 hours ago

Outstanding business leaders to be recognized at Junior Achievement’s 5th annual Maine Business Hall of Fame

Since 1990, Junior Achievement of Maine’s Business Hall of Fame has honored the state’s most distinguished businessmen and women for their outstanding contributions to free enterprise and the promise of a better, stronger society. 

20 hours ago

Caribou Police receiving reports of burglaries and break-ins

Several Caribou residents have called the Caribou Police Department reporting attempted motor vehicle break-ins and burglaries, according to a release issued by the department on Nov. 12.

23 hours ago

Schools, businesses shutter due to first storm of season

Schools, businesses, and organizations shuttered across Aroostook County for the first time since last winter after a major storm battered the region on Tuesday.

2 days ago

Hospital earns ‘A’ grade for safety

Cary Medical Center was awarded an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group’s fall 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade.  The designation recognizes Cary Medical Center’s efforts in protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care. 

2 days ago

Caribou surgeon joins national association

Orthopedic surgeon Jean-Pierre Michaud, MD, FRCS(c) of Pines Health Services and Cary Medical Center was recently inducted as a fellow member of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS.)

2 days ago

Caribou area From our Files – Week of November 11, 2019

115 Years Ago - Nov. 9,  1904 Store -- L.J. Sherwood is excavating for a cellar in the rear of his store preparatory to erecting a stouthouse. Anyone may obtain free all the earth he wants for grading purposes by applying the shovel to the bank of loose clay at the rear of Sherwood’s Store. Act quickly before Jack Frost takes hold.

2 days ago

Yarmouth boys top Caribou boys for another Class B soccer crown

Yarmouth High School boys top Caribou for state soccer championship. Yarmouth completed an undefeated season at 15-0-3, while North titlist Caribou wound up 15-1-2.

2 days ago

Collecting Memories at Hopewell Rocks

The following selection of writing describes a trip Olof Nylander took to the Hopewell Rocks of New Brunswick in September of 1932. I’ve spent my summers just a few miles from the Hopewell Rocks, and been there many times.

2 days ago

Introducing the Fighting for Maine Agenda

As a fifth-generation logger working in the woods, I began my journey in politics by blocking the Canadian border to protest the injustices that Maine loggers faced at the hands of large landowners in our area.

2 days ago

Halfway Home Pet Rescue Adoption Center pet of the week – Jamie

Meet Jamie. This beautiful and loving 2-year old spayed female cat is living at the Halfway Home Pet Rescue in Caribou.  She has had all her medical completed and is ready for a loving, but quiet home.

4 days ago

Caribou Men’s Bowling League

CSG Construction (42-6),Logjammers (33-15), County Federal Credit Union (31-17),  Fournier’s Transportation (30-30), Sports Inn (28-20), VFW/R&M Lawncare (26-22), Dead River (18-30), Knights of Columbus (14-34), Sonny’s Gun Shop (6-54).

4 days ago

Telethon to benefit local heating, housing needs

The third annual telethon to assist Aroostook County citizens experiencing heating and housing hardships will take place tomorrow, Nov. 14, on local television.

4 days ago

King takes helm of Snowdogs basketball

The Special Olympics area management team has announced Spencer King as the new head coach to lead the highly successful Snowdogs basketball team following the departure of Brian Hamel last summer.  

5 days ago

Huskies ready for playoffs

On Saturday, Nov. 2, the Aroostook Huskies football team hosted the Valley Mustangs in the final game of the season.

5 days ago

Voters OK purchase of lot near new school

Voters in Caribou and Stockholm voted in favor of a bond issue on the Nov. 5 ballot which will allow RSU 39 to spend up to $175,000 for the purchase of a parcel of land next to the Caribou Community School.

5 days ago

Some parts of Aroostook County receive four inches of snow

Residents across southern Aroostook County saw the first snowflakes of the season fall on Thursday, as parts of the region were blanketed with several inches of snow while others received only a trace.

5 days ago

Honoring our American heroes

It was the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918, when the Allied Forces and Central Powers laid down their arms to formalize the end of the First World War.

5 days ago

Bank employees raise $4,500 for youth camp

The Pine Tree Society recently received $4,500 from funds raised by employees of a local community bank to benefit Pine Tree Camp.