Living

7 months ago

Houlton area From our Files – Week of October 9, 2024

75 Years Ago – September 13, 1949
Robert M. Lawlis, Jr. Opens Law Office — Robert M. Lawlis, Jr., son of Probate Judge and Mrs. Robert M. Lawlis has opened his own office in Caribou for the practice of law.

7 months ago

PAWS Pet of the Week – Pisces

Pisces needs someone who will give him space and time to flourish. He hid when he began roaming at the shelter, but has made remarkable progress.

7 months ago

St. John Valley weather for Oct. 9-15, 2024

Partly cloudy skies this morning give way to increasing cloudiness as an upper-level low pressure area approaches and crosses the region today and moves into the Maritimes Thursday.

7 months ago

Caribou area From our Files – Week of October 2, 2024

25 Years Ago – Oct. 6, 1999
Caribou man tops funds — Two years ago, Jim Curless of Caribou raised $8 for the American Diabetes Association walkathon. This year he topped $11,000.

Caribou man tops funds — Two years ago, Jim Curless of Caribou raised $8 for the American Diabetes Association walkathon. This year he topped $11,000.

7 months ago

St. John Valley area From our Files – Week of October 2, 2024

10 Years Ago — October 1, 2014 
First week’s largest moose: 1,017 pounds — The first week of moose hunting season in northern Maine came to a close Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, with nearly 200 animals registered at the two tagging stations in the St. John Valley.

7 months ago

Presque Isle area From our Files – Week of October 2, 2024

25 Years Ago – October 6, 1999
The weekend at the Greater Pumpkin Commonwealth contest in Topsfield, Massachusetts, a Presque Isle pumpkin took top honors as the biggest ground grown in the state. The pumpkin, grown by Todd Hedrich, weighed in at 757 pounds and captured first place in Maine and fifth place overall.