Caribou spent 8 years on a new police station that won't be built

Caribou spent 8 years on a new police station that won't be built

In the summer of 2023, the city of Caribou erected a large sign amid the brush that covered a long-abandoned lot along Route 1. “The future home of the Caribou Police Department,” it read. “Coming soon.” It was a firm declaration of the future for a department that has long operated out of the old, cramped basement of City Hall: a 3,000-square-foot space built around the start of World War II and last renovated when disco was cool. Officers proc…