5 years ago
ACA open enrollment is now underway
As winter approaches, Maine people are busy preparing for low temperatures, high snowfalls, and a holiday season that seems to grow a little longer each year.
Opinion
5 years ago
Referee/official shortages could impact games
To the editor,
The shortages of quality coaches and officials/referees/umpires are both a result of many aspects of the game, including sportsmanship and opportunity. The headlines currently address sportsmanship among the coaches and fans toward the officials to be most of the reasons for the shortages.
5 years ago
Considering a regional ambulance service
In 2017 Presque Isle started a city ambulance service. The objective was to make money to subsidize the cost of the full-time fire department.
5 years ago
Nov. 5: time for a change
On Tuesday, Nov. 5, the voters of Caribou have an opportunity to replace two sitting members of the Caribou City Council who have served on the city council for a combined total of nineteen years.
5 years ago
Light ’em up
Holiday season has begun. Turn on the lights.
Halloween, for most purposes, marks the beginning of seasonal events.
5 years ago
Is the storm over? Maybe not
Winter. Nine feet of snow. And that’s just our average. In the record snow season of 2007-2008, 16-1/2 feet buried Caribou. And even in the lightest season on record (records at Caribou go back to 1939), two winters after the snow barrage, Caribou still had nearly six feet of snow.
5 years ago
Halloween traditions from Texas to Maine
As the weather turns colder by the day, and the autumn leaves start to fall from the trees, pumpkins are out on front porches, ghosts hang in trees, and it just reminds me of all the great Halloweens I have had in my life.
5 years ago
Using tax records to find family clues
Americans hate taxes and some of us dread the Ides of April on a par with being told we need a root canal. Grumbling about taxes is hardly new. Our ancestors felt exactly the same.
5 years ago
Opting for change in Caribou
To the editor:
The city manager during the 2019 mill rate setting meeting stated that, next year, Caribou’s mill rate would be increasing 3 mills, which would set the 2020 mill rate at 27.55 mills if the city manager’s words hold true. Change is needed in Caribou.
