25 Years Ago – July 14, 1999
100 years of Frost Memorial — No one in Limestone really knows where the first Library was housed. Sketchy records place the library in various locations, but since its inception, the town’s library has continued to outgrow its home.
25 Years Ago – July 7, 1999
For the Veterans — A new rose planted on Thursday at the Caribou Veterans Center as part of a nationwide event honoring America’s veterans will eventually find a home at the proposed veteran’s cemetery. The Veterans Honor Hybrid Tea Rose is a dark red hybrid rose with dark green, semi-glossy leaves
25 Years Ago – June 30, 1999
Caribou, New Sweden racers compete in Houlton’s derby — For the first time in four years, an out-of-town racer took the checkered flag in the Stock division of the Northern Maine Soap Box Derby Race held last Saturday on Drakes in Houlton.
100 Years Ago – June 19, 1924
New store opened — The opening of the new F. W. Woolworth store took place last Friday and was attended by hundreds of people, who not only enjoyed the fine music discoursed by a local orchestra, but the large and varied assortment of goods on display.
75 Years Ago – June 9, 1949
New outdoor theater opens — The Polaris, an open air theater on the Presque Isle road in Caribou will open this Friday evening it was announced Wednesday by Louis Christie of Mapleton and Gordon Wilcox of Washburn, copartners.
120 Years Ago – June 2, 1904
Planting trees — One hundred shade trees were set out around Teague Park during the past week, the work being done by Samuel Taylor.
100 Years Ago – May 22, 1924
Looking to fill positions — The United States Civil Service Commission has announced an examination to be held at Caribou, Maine, on June 14, 1924, to fill the position of rural carrier at New Sweden and vacancies that may later occur on rural routes from that post office.
115 Years Ago – May 20, 1909
Lowell has an automobile — E. L. Lowell of the Mars Hill View is the second newspaper man in the county to have an automobile. Bro. Fogg of the Houlton Times being the first. Mr. Lowell now rides about the county in a Ford runabout.It is wrong and naughty to envy the good fortune of others, and so we don’t; but we cannot help wishing we had an automobile.
75 Years Ago – May 12, 1949
Getting started on the Birds Eye-Snider plant — Workmen prepare forms for the cement pouring and start of construction on the large concrete and brick building at the Birds Eye-Snider plant in Caribou.
25 Years Ago – May 5, 1999
Trombley named Aroostook Republican editor — This week, the Aroostook Republican and News unveils several changes. The first is that Jennifer Trombley, a reporter at the newspaper since 1997, has been promoted to editor.
