CARIBOU, Maine Caribou’s downtown center is seeing more new businesses, but a scarcity of retail and gathering places sends many locals elsewhere.
Sweden Street was traditionally the hub of Caribou’s downtown. Even after the controversial Downtown Mall brought a more urban feel in the 1970s, the city had an array of stores offering clothing, jewelry, furniture and other household items.
Firefighters were battling a fire Wednesday morning in downtown Caribou that threatened several buildings on Water Street and another fire on Sweden Street.