Board/council agree on Caribou Chamber sub-committee
By Natalie Bazinet
Staff Writer
CARIBOU — Members of the Caribou City Council and the Caribou Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCC&I) Board have agreed to move forward at a sprinting pace in establishing the specifics regarding removing economic development from the list of Chamber duties as they agreed to assign a sub-committee and prepare an agenda for their first meeting on Tuesday morning in the city council chambers.
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September met with 90-degree temps
By Natalie Bazinet
Staff Writer
CARIBOU — There’s a central Aroostook saying used to describe this part of the year that typically goes something along the lines of “the Aroostook River is so low you can walk across it without getting your feet wet!”
 Aroostook Republican photo/Natalie Bazinet
An Aroostook County proverb states that you can walk across the river without getting wet at this time of year, which is hyperbole at least under the Caribou bridge to Fort Fairfield.
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Troop 184 helps celebrate BSA’s 100th Birthday
By Barbara Scott
Staff Writer
On July 29 at 3 a.m. 10 Boy Scouts, belonging to Troop 184 in Caribou, 8 adults (Scoutmasters and volunteers) and one Girl Scout, (whose brother is a Troop 184 member and whose Mom, a Caribou Girl Scout Leader and Dad, an Institution representative from the Caribou Rotary Club) boarded the green 1992 International school bus — turned Boy Scout transportation — heading out to the National Boy Scout Jamboree to be held at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia.
 Contributed photo
Boy Scout Troop 184 in Caribou had the experience of a lifetime as they were able to view up-close the National Boy Scouts of America Monument in Washington, D.C. The local Scouts attended the National Boy Scout Jamboree in Virginia, which celebrated the 100th anniversary of BSA, and while traveling they were able to tour Gettysburg and historical sites in Washington, D.C. Participating in the trip were Keith Draper, James Doucette, Alex Murchison, Kyle Tibbetts, Marc Sturzl, Andrew Wasson, D...
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Discussions gone silent on future of rail
By Kathy McCarty
Staff Writer
Little progress has been made in discussions between Maine officials and Montreal, Maine and Atlantic, with regard to about 240 miles of track between Millinocket and Madawaska.
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Ceremony dedicates completion of cemetery columbarium niches
By Barbara Scott
Staff Writer
A dedication ceremony was held at the Northern Maine Veterans’ Cemetery in Caribou recently in recognition of the completion of the last of the 216 columbarium niches which are now in place at the cemetery site.
 Aroostook Republican photo/Barb Scott
Frank Salvas, left, director of State Cemetery Grants Service, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, in Washington, D.C., and Harry Hafford, chairman of the NMVCC, stand beside the walls of columbarium niches officially dedicated in an Aug. 23 ceremony.
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Selectpeople to set mil rate
By Natalie Bazinet
Staff Writer
LIMESTONE — It was a two-hour meeting for the Limestone Selectpeople on Aug. 18, during which the selectpeople discussed the FY2010/11 mil rate and the status of the build schedule for the new Limestone Manor.
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