8 years ago
Time for Winter
Muted November grays at this writing are awaiting their mantle of white.
Stories by Staff Aroostook Republican
8 years ago
Family serving in 19th century wars
Last time I wrote about finding records of your ancestors’ service in the Colonial and Revolutionary wars. In this column we’ll examine the conflicts of the 19th century: the War of 1812, Mexican-American, Civil, and the Spanish-American Wars.
8 years ago
The Great Disappointment
To the editor:
I understand the appeal of Populism; I am experiencing the pain and loss, the desperation and fear that accompanies late middle age unemployment. I drive by the empty mills and factories in Waterville, Dexter, Pittsfield, Skowhegan, Millinocket and Bucksport. I walk down the Main Streets of dying towns in Washington, Somerset, Waldo, and Aroostook counties, where the good days are now decades behind us. I live in rural America, where the schools are closing from lack of students, where deaths outnumber births, and depression is driving many to seek narcotic oblivion.
8 years ago
Concert heralds holiday season
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — This month, the Northern Maine Chamber Society Orchestra (NMCSO) will kick off the 2016 holiday season in Aroostook County with a performance on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m. in Presque Isle.
8 years ago
1916: 18 automobiles sold in a week
115 Years Ago —Nov. 20, 1901
Starch — The Caribou Grange starch factory has shut down after having made 170 tons of starch.
Back to work — A.A. Garden, the clothing merchant, was able to be at his store, Monday, after having been ill at home for nearly two weeks with a severe cold.
8 years ago
New Caribou signs point toward health
ST. JOHN VALLEY, Maine — Power of Prevention, a program of Cary Medical Center, has been working with many communities in northern Aroostook County to provide Partnerships to Improve Community Health (PICH) grant-funded signage for free physical activity locations in our towns.
8 years ago
University of Maine at Fort Kent greenhouse receives growing boost
Power of Prevention (POP), a program of Cary Medical Center, is partnering with the University of Maine at Fort Kent to help expand the growing capacity of the university’s greenhouse garden by awarding to the university $10,000 for greenhouse infrastructure improvements.
8 years ago
Salvation Army seeks donations
HOULTON, Maine — The Salvation Army is hoping that its annual Christmas Kettle Campaign will mean a brighter holiday season for struggling men, women and children in Maine.
8 years ago
Spray clinic is Saturday
Spray Maine will offer a $5 spay/neuter clinic for cats in central Aroostook County on Wednesday, Nov. 16.
8 years ago
New tackle regulations protect loons from lead
Lead poisoning has long been the leading cause of death for adult loons in Maine. In order to protect loons from lead poisoning from the ingestion of lead fishing tackle, laws that began in September have made it illegal in Maine to sell bare (unpainted) lead-headed jigs less than 2.5” long.
