25 Years Ago – December 30, 1998
Cottle and Brown receive Geography Bee Awards – Elias Cottle, a sixth-grade student at Houlton Southside School, won the school-level competition of the National Geography Bee on Jan. 12.
25 Years Ago – December 23, 1998
First-ever penny drive successful – Houlton Regional Hospital’s first-ever community penny drive was deemed a success by event organizers.
50 Years Ago – Dec. 5, 1973
Mapleton man on State Barber Board — A Mapleton man was appointed by Governor Kenneth M. Curtis, through the Executive Council, to a three-year term on the State Barbers Board.
115 Years Ago – Dec. 3, 1908
Opened to the public — The new Dreamland Theater just completed by H. D. Collins was formally opened to the public last week.
25 Years Ago — Dec. 2, 1998
Daigle honored for forest fighting effort – UMFK student Mike Daigle of Fort Kent was honored by the state of Florida for his efforts in assisting fire fighters in putting out the devastating wildfires there in the summer 1998.
75 Years Ago November 25, 1948
Hess Named To B & A Law Staff – General Counsel Henry J. Hart of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad has officially announced the appointment of John E. Hess of Houlton as attorney for the railroad and its subsidiary companies.
100 Years Ago – Nov. 29, 1923
New store owner arrives — E. A. Newbury, manager of the new 5, 10, and 25 cent store soon to open in the Lyman Hotel building, arrived in town Monday.
50 Years Ago – Nov. 21, 1973
Large deer — Sixteen-year-old Bill Wilcox of Wade was one of the more fortunate hunters to “bring home the bacon” Saturday after only two hours in the woods.
25 Years Ago December 9, 1998
Houlton Shires Win – Local boy’s basketball teams were in action as last weekend marked the official opening of the regular high school season. On Friday night, the Houlton Shiretowners made their home debut.
10 Years Ago — Nov. 20, 2013
Two sisters in their 90s helped celebrate their sister’s 99th — Lena Martin, who will turn 99 on Nov. 29, 2013, celebrated her birthday at the home of her younger sister Leona Lebel, 91, in Fort Kent.
