Senator Susan Collins has been selected as one of Next Avenue’s top-50 Influencers in Aging for 2015 for her work as chairman of the Senate Aging Committee and as an advocate for seniors nationwide.
We are in the midst of an opioid epidemic here in Maine, and it’s time for us to come together as a state and say that enough is enough.
Earlier this year, a senior citizen in Vassalboro intended to wire funds from his account at Maine Savings Federal Credit Union to an out-of-state location, supposedly to bail out a relative who was in jail. Something about this transaction didn’t sound right to the teller supervisor at the credit union. She questioned the customer, who told her he had gotten a call from an “official” at the jail, who had instructed him not to speak to anyone about the transaction.
We are in the midst of an opioid epidemic here in Maine, and it’s time for us to come together as a state and say that enough is enough.
I know what you’re thinking, yay, a gossip column! Yay, a chance to share some juicy conversation about the neighbors. Oh, how I hate to disappoint you. But I promise you this, we’ll keep it light, we’ll keep it easy, and we’ll keep it entertaining.
On a cold and windy afternoon last February, Hodgdon dairy farmer Tommy Quint was unloading corn from his silo when it became plugged. Quint went into the silo and quickly became engulfed in corn to his chest.
Is it ever worth hiring someone to do genealogical research for you? Sometimes that is the only way you can obtain what you need.
Today I got a haircut, and the barber and I were swapping moose tales. So I’ve got moose on my mind.
Now, let’s see, where to start. I know! One of my favorites.
She stood in line with her two daughters, all three of them holding on to the extremely overloaded shopping cart. She couldn’t wait to check out and from the looks of things, the customer in front of her would certainly be a while.
Having resided in the Moosehead Lake region for many years, I am very familiar with the woods and waters of Maine’s North Woods and also with the economic challenges of life in the shadow of not only Mount Katahdin, but of the waning forest products-based economy.
