12 months ago
Caribou City Council to take action on burned-out Sweden Street home
Councilors set a public hearing for their January 22 meeting to determine if 273 Sweden Street is a dangerous property.
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12 months ago
Houlton Town Council approves special amusement ordinance
Houlton Town Councilors approved on Monday night a special amusement ordinance that controls music, dancing and entertainment in businesses licensed to sell liquor in Maine.
12 months ago
Caribou installs new downtown holiday lights in memory of firefighter
The 62 new lights include ribbons, candy canes, snowmen and snowflakes on street poles stretching from Bennett Drive to High Street and down Sweden Street.
12 months ago
Ashland won’t have girls varsity basketball team this season due to low participation
Ashland District School currently has 32 female students from grades 9-12.
12 months ago
Caribou salutes small businesses, welcomes Santa’s reindeer during holiday kickoff
Families visiting Caribou’s Downtown Mall on Sweden Street got a special treat Saturday afternoon. Just past the iconic caribou statue at Lyndon Square stood two of Santa’s reindeer behind an enclosed steel fence.
12 months ago
Hundreds come out for Van Buren’s fifth annual Christmas Town celebration
Van Buren was lit up with colorful lights as dozens of floats drove through town.
12 months ago
After elementary school fire, St. John Valley district faces 7-year wait for new PreK-12 facility
Assuming approval is given in 2026, a realistic timeline to have a new school built is approximately four to five years after that time. The best case scenario would be a new school in 2030.
12 months ago
With fewer young members, Aroostook veterans groups face uncertain future
The decline of veterans organizations is not exclusive to Aroostook. Nationally, the VFW went from a record 1.2 million members in 1992 to just over 1 million last year.
12 months ago
Presque Isle adds warming centers as homelessness grows
Homeless Services of Aroostook opened a warming center Nov. 10, and soon the organization will open a second building to increase the number of people it can help. Many are not new to the area but have lost their housing because of the rising cost of living.
12 months ago
Garfield Plantation woman gets her first Big Buck
Courtney Levesque shot an eight-point buck weighing 211 pounds that catapulted her into the Big Buck Club for the first time.
