10 Years Ago — July 16, 2014
Marquis, still graceful at 103 — Lillian Marquis retired from dancing at 50, but the former dance teacher still asks when she sees a familiar face, “Were you one of my students?” Marquis celebrated her 103rd birthday with a party Thursday, July 10, 2014 at Ridgewood Estates.
25 Years Ago – July 21, 1999
Jackett heads for All-American Soap Box Derby — With his Soap Box Derby car already shipped to Akron, Ohio, Houlton’s Jeremy Jackett hasn’t really thought too much about the 62nd All-American Derby Race…until now, however it’s been a different story for his parents, Sharon and Blaine Jackett of Houlton.
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 14, 1999
Kavanaugh crowned Jr. Potato Blossom — Candace Kavanaugh of Presque Isle was crowned Jr. Miss Potato Blossom Saturday at Fort Fairfield High School in the first of three pageants during the Potato Blossom Festival.
25 Years Ago — July 14, 1999
Greetings from ‘Yaz’ to Carbo – Bernie Carbo, former Red Sox star, shook hands with Madawaska’s Fran “Yaz” Thibeault. Carbo spoke at the Madawaska Gospel Church on June 26, 1999.
25 Years Ago – July 14, 1999
Local Educator accepts position with the Maine Department of Education — After teaching Special Education for 18 years and handling administrative duties for six years, Anna Feeney, director of Special Services in SAD 29, will further her career aspirations.
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
10 Years Ago — July 2, 2014
New connection will bridge two nations — The new international bridge in Fort Kent now commands the view across the St. John River.
25 Years Ago – July 7, 1999
BlackHawk show draws thousands — Country music was alive and well in Houlton last Saturday night as more than 7,500 fans attended the BlackHawk concert in Community Park.
50 Years Ago – July 3, 1974
Ashland a Right to Read site — SAD 32, which included Ashland, Garfield Plantation, Masardis, Oxbow Plantation and Portage Lake, was one of 13 school systems to be selected as participating sites in the Right to Read Project for 174-75 by the Maine Department of Educational and Cultural Services.
