Contributed photoA $1.5 million renovation project upgrading all of Cary Medical Center’s Acute Care Unit, (ACU) rooms and nurses station was completed this past August. With all of the redesign work done by local contractors, the project includes the addition of four adjoining palliative care rooms, a new digital nurse-call system, new flat-screen TV’s, […]
Contributed photoAdjutant and Paymaster Wayne Caron of the Marine Corps League, Meo Bosse Unit 1414 of Caribou recently recognized the S.W. Collins Company and its employees for their ongoing support and fundraising efforts on behalf of the Aroostook County veterans organization. Accepting the certificate and display on behalf of the hardware business are Leslie Jackson […]
CARIBOU — Professional Home Nursing-Skilled Home Care Agency recently received a deficiency-free home health care agency survey rating by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Licensing and Regulatory Services. Department of Health and Human Services, Licensing and Regulatory Services periodically reviews home health care agencies, hospitals and skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities to […]
PRESQUE ISLE — Aroostook County Action Program Inc. will administer the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) again this year. LIHEAP provides financial assistance to eligible low-income households to offset the high cost of home heating.
FORT FAIRFIELD — The town of Fort Fairfield is no stranger when it comes to the impacts of severe weather. The community of 3,500 lies on the banks of the Aroostook River, and every year come ice-out, everyone braces to see what curve Mother Nature will send downriver. Fort Fairfield has been at the forefront […]
115 Years Ago — Oct. 23, 1901
First snow — The first snow of the season fell Thursday night. The snow, which covered the ground Friday morning, soon disappeared.
Extension — The main water pipe on Limestone Street has been extended a distance of 550 feet. It takes in three new service pipes.
100 Years Ago — Sept. 10, 1916
Scarce rents — Rents in Caribou are decidedly scarce, it being impossible to secure a rent at any price; all of which tends to show that our town enjoys a good, healthy growth.
Price goes upward — The price of potatoes has had a decidedly upward tendency during the past week, the figures almost reaching the $4 mark, as a few loads have gone as high as $3.90 per barrel. Many farmers are taking advantage of the good prices and are selling in large quantities.
PRESQUE ISLE — MMG Insurance has been recognized as the “Top Performing Company” by the Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire in their 2016 Company Performance Survey. The Company Performance Survey asks independent insurance agents to rate the companies with which they do business in 20 performance categories, including claims handling, products and pricing, underwriting, […]
To the editor:
I have known Senate candidate Troy Jackson for nearly a decade.
To the editor:
Troy Jackson of Allagash has been a loyal advocate of working families in District 1. He understands that in northern Maine the forestry economy and farming industries are the foundation of our natural resource economy and key to the success of related businesses.
Troy showed leadership and courage in supporting the interests of Maine loggers who were losing their livelihoods as companies replaced them with cheap Canadian labor at wages that would bankrupt an American worker. He has been a staunch supporter of sustainable agriculture.He worked with the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association for the passage of LD 718, “An Act To Protect Maine Food Consumers’ Right to Know about Genetically Engineered Food”.
To the editor:
For the past couple of years, in order to save tax dollars, the Caribou City Council has been trying to determine whether or not to keep or sell the city-owned parking lots. Several of the underutilized lots have been sold or leased, and now the question has come up as to what to do with the North and South Mall lots. The Council is pretty much split down the middle on this issue, and has decided to put the question to the voters on the November ballot.
