Stories by Staff Star Herald

9 years ago

Rose Lee Whittaker

Rose Lee Whittaker     WHITTAKER, Rose Lee, 61, Ashland, at Presque Isle, Thursday, September 2, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., September 8, at the Funeral Home. Arrangements are under the care of Duncan-Graves Funeral Home.

9 years ago

Candidates, citizens should take the high road

Candidates, citizens
should take the high road

To the editor:
On the afternoon of September 1, 2016, I delivered to the Presque Isle offices of the Democratic and Republican parties, multiple copies of A Covenant for Civil Discourse.

9 years ago

One more star in Heaven

One more star in Heaven

BUG GUTS & BEAUTY

 Farm time, for most of the world this is the measure of the day. One gets up in the morning when the sun is beginning to peep over the horizon and one goes to sleep when the sun goes down.

9 years ago

A time mirage!

A time mirage!

I was looking over some sun tables recently when it suddenly struck me that the time difference, over the course of a year, between earliest sunrise and latest sunrise is much smaller than the time difference between earliest sunset and latest sunset.

9 years ago

Mining rules fight far from over

Mining rules fight far from over

To the editor:
It’s official, the metallic mining rules fight is back on again. I have a question for all of you: are you getting tired of watching as your often voiced opinions on the future of our wild places are continually dismissed by an administration that seems hell bent on destroying them? I know I am.

9 years ago

A natural treasure nearby

A natural treasure nearby

To the editor:
Thanks to Aislinn Sarnacki for reminding us in the Aug. 19, 2016 BDN 1-Minute Hike about the treasure so near to me: the Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge in Limestone.

9 years ago

A budget worth supporting

A budget worth supporting

To the Editor:
MSAD 1 has presented its third budget. This budget presents less than a 1 percent increase.

9 years ago

Sending a mixed message

Sending a mixed message

To the editor:
“What Maine needs for a Governor is a good benevolent dictator,” must have been the hope that put LePage into the king’s seat — someone who would dare to tell the politicians in Augusta to go to Hades, and who would “hate newspapers,” while single-handedly ushering in great economic prosperity by disregarding the sacrificial values of Christian democracy.

9 years ago

Working women of WWII

Working women of WWII

To the editor:
American Rosie the Riveter Association is trying to locate women who worked on the homefront during World War II.