To the editor:
Years ago, I received rehabilitation service from the Iris Network, a statewide agency serving blind and visually impaired people over age 14. The staff was exceptional, and the skills I learned were life changing. I know where to go when I need questions answered.
To the editor:
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REMEMBER WHEN
We here in Aroostook County just came through the “strawberry season.”
A typical summer Maine afternoon. The sun is out and so are you, walking down Main Street with your kids. Maybe you’re taking them to the park or town library. It’s a walk you’ve done a hundred times before.
BUG GUTS & BEAUTY
Middle of summer and the morning fog hides much. It’s Fair Week. Clouds of dirt, the scent of roasting, frying treats, and bone thumping music blanket the fairgrounds. It’s hot, humid, and hazy.
The opioid and heroin crisis is a threat to the health and safety of our communities, and it’s shattering lives and tearing families apart. Of all the challenges I’ve seen facing Maine during my time in public office, this may be the most difficult. But if we work together to understand the epidemic, listen to the people fighting it every day, and dedicate resources to proven approaches to treatment, then there is light at the end of the tunnel.
In a 24-hour period in June, six people overdosed on opioids in Sanford, one of whom died as a result. In Monmouth, three people overdosed on heroin in one week. And in April, two people died from overdoses in just two days in Biddeford.
MARS HILL NEWS
The Walter T. A. Hansen Memorial Library will host Linda Trickey of the University of Maine Extension on Tuesday, Aug. 9 at 3 p.m. She will be speaking about fall gardening.
WASHBURN NEWS
The Salmon Brook Historical Society’s fourth annual Tea and Quilt Show will be held on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016 to support the Wilder Farmstead and Aroostook Agricultural museums.
