Young track athletes advance to state meet
The Maine Recreation and Parks Association Track and Field North Region Qualifier was held last Tuesday, June 27 at Caribou High School.
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Library starts summer reading program
Nearly 20 young children gathered in the Caribou Public Library to learn about farming on June 28, for the first week of the library’s summer reading program.
HHPR Pet of the week (week of June 28, 2017)
Katlyn Jandreau of Caribou, an eighth-grader, holds Rebecca the cat at the Halfway Home Pet Rescue.
Tennis players earn regional conference honors
The Penobscot Valley Conference’s all-star and all-academic teams for Class B and C tennis were recently announced and are as follows:
Caribou VFW names Edgecomb auxiliary president for the year
On Saturday, May 20 the Lister Knowlton VFX Post in Caribou held its 70th anniversary ceremony.
Graves and Beckum lead way in Collins 5K
Veteran runners Evan Graves and Marie Beckum cruised to the fastest times in the S.W. Collins 5K Road Race, held Sunday, June 15.
Laptop program hasn’t closed technology skills gap for rural schools
When former Gov. Angus King began an effort to give every seventh- and eighth-grader a laptop in 2001, one of the goals was equity, a way to ensure students have access to the same kind of technology whether they live in Cumberland, Washington or Oxford county.
Community shares fond fatherhood anecdotes
With Father’s Day around the corner, members of the Caribou community shared stories about the lasting impact of fathers in their lives.
Community says goodbye to Hilltop Elementary
Hundreds stopped by Hilltop Elementary School on Sunday, June 11, to reminisce during an open house held to let the community bid farewell to their school.
HHPR Pet of the Week (week of June 14, 2017)
Halfway Home Pet Rescue presents Ramsey as the Pet of the Week. Ramsey is about 2 or 3 years old, a very big boy with a sunny disposition.