RSU 39, the Caribou and Stockholm school district, is again working to avoid any major increases in their budget for the 2021-22 year, as many in the community are still struggling financially due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Caribou High School’s Jobs for Maine Graduates students are starting a food pantry in honor of two fallen classmates who would have been in their graduating class this year. The plan was unveiled during a March 3 RSU 39 (Caribou and Stockholm) Board of Education meeting.
It was just a few sessions into last year’s Young Professionals Institute when the pandemic shuttered businesses and altered gatherings. And even though organizers thought the institute could pick back up in a few months, it was obvious a new online format was necessary, Kim Jones, University of Maine at Presque Isle director of Employer U, said.
Though the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about many additional food distribution events throughout Aroostook County, one program that began years before is still going strong thanks to a partnership between Aroostook Agency on Aging and Catholic Charities.
Caribou Community School’s fifth-graders on March 8 will be joining PreK-fourth grade in attending school under a slightly altered “green” model, in which they attend school on all days but Wednesday.
Perhaps it is the pull of the great beyond, that place of stars, moons and planets that draws them closer, draws them to Maine for a chance to travel from Jupiter to Mars to Pluto. And for the most adventurous, the journey through the solar system can be completed in a day, maybe two, especially if taking in a few dwarf planets as well.
A federal relief program meant to provide rental assistance to residents of Aroostook County found itself experiencing high volumes of applications on March 1, its first day of service.
Sometimes it is in the music that a voice is heard. Sometimes it is in the beat of a poem that the heart responds. And sometimes it is in the chanted words that change begins.
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, met with several representatives from career and technical education centers, including Houlton’s Region Two School of Applied Technology, in a Zoom meeting held Monday, March 1.
Caribou will hold a public hearing on the 2021 municipal budget at 6 p.m. Monday, March 15, in the Caribou Wellness and Recreation Center gymnasium on 55 Bennett Drive, to discuss the proposed 2021 budget.
