Stories by Staff Star Herald

9 years ago

Twilight’s last gleaming

Twilight’s last gleaming

This is such a great time of the year if you enjoy being outdoors after work, since you’ve still got tons of daylight after a 5 p.m. quittin’ time. In Caribou, the latest sunset is at 8:31 p.m. So if you go home, get changed, you have a good three hours of daylight before sundown.

9 years ago

Support Alzheimer’s research

Support Alzheimer’s research

To the editor:
June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month. Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death in Maine and nearly one out of three seniors who die each year has Alzheimer’s or another dementia.

9 years ago

Older recipes made better with human touch

Older recipes made better with  human touch

Among the items my husband inherited from his mother is a well-used black notebook. In it are pages of handwritten recipes, clippings, and even a tiny menu from a restaurant in Shanghai, China prior to the start of World War II. All of these were gathered between 1939-1950 as the family followed Jack’s career Navy father to various postings.

9 years ago

Prostate cancer group seeks survey participants

Prostate cancer group seeks survey participants

There are now more than 12 million men and women throughout the United States who are cancer survivors. Tens of thousands of them live in Maine.

9 years ago

The heroism of Michael Monsoor

The heroism of Michael Monsoor

On June 18, 2016, more than a thousand people came together on the bank of the Kennebec River to both celebrate the christening of the newest Navy ship built at Bath Iron Works and honor the man for whom it’s named.

9 years ago

That log truck

That log truck

When we first came to Maine, we stayed with friends in Wiscasset, farther down along the coast. The host was a part-time preacher and also drove his own log truck.

9 years ago

Student volunteers brighten local spots

Student volunteers brighten local spots

Aroostook Aspirations Initiative recently held a unique daylong community service event that took place throughout Aroostook County.

9 years ago

Outpatient clinics return to hospital

Outpatient clinics return to hospital

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine The Aroostook Medical Center has moved its Outpatient Specialty Clinics office back to the campus of A.R. Gould Memorial Hospital on Academy Street in Presque Isle.