12 years ago
Are you reaaaally interested?
By the time you read this, our local election will be over. How many of the eligible voters in Caribou will have shown up to exercise their right?
Editorials
12 years ago
Life Lesson 55: Show your gratitude and your devotion
The sky above was black and blue, its usual bruised condition in November. Ah, November! With its limited hues of brown and gray and its naked trees; branches reaching upward in prayer for snowfall that will linger on limbs and blanket the barren ground with diamond dust.
12 years ago
Education bonds are good for Maine
One of the most important investments we can make as a society is the education of our children. It’s why three of the five bond packages passed by the legislature in August will support our education system.
12 years ago
Monkeys, mice and June bugs! Oh my!
Creepy, scary things associated with Halloween are supposed to frighten us. Haunted houses, weird costumes, fake cobwebs, dangling paper maché bats, satin witch hats, black cats, hokey headstones, waxy makeup, realistic masks, long green wigs; you get the picture! Young and old alike are thrilled with the season. And of course, there is the candy. Need I say more?
12 years ago
A time for reflection and thanks
Summer is officially over, but what a summer it was. I know it has been said before but it’s worth saying again. Thursdays on Sweden Street was fantastic. In the 15 years I’ve lived here there has never been anything that has created the excitement and talk that this event has. I
12 years ago
Signs pointing to promising deer season
Slowly but surely the Aroostook whitetail population has come back from the devastating decline caused by two severe winters several years ago. At first it was the urban edge farmlands with plenty of feed around small woodlots, and fewer coyotes then the big woods, where deer numbers increased.
Sightings and plentiful deer sign throughout 2013 substantiated by wardens, campers, anglers, and woodsmen throughout the summer and recently by partridge and moose hunters all point to more deer everywhere. Further proof lies in the issuing of a few doe permits this fall, an incentive lacking for the last few autumns. The final candle on this celebratory hunting cake to buoy the spirits of Crown of Maine whitetail enthusiasts occurred on the Oct. 25 Youth Day.
12 years ago
Cup O’ Joe: Don’t forget to vote
Next Tuesday, voters throughout the state will head to the polls to cast their ballots on five state referendum issues. And while some may be tempted to pass on voting this year, due to relatively few items on the ballot, there is no greater responsibility for a citizen than voting.
12 years ago
Dairy Farm Adventures: Farm Raised Children
Several years ago, an acquaintance stopped me on the sidewalk to admire our first-born son, Walker, who I toted on my back in a baby carrier. She said, “Being a mom is the hardest job you’ll ever love.”
12 years ago
Looking ahead to the budget conference
Like most Americans, I was deeply frustrated by the government shutdown earlier this month. I found it shameful that we spent so much time debating whether or not to perform the most basic functions of our jobs: running the government and paying our bills.
12 years ago
Sewer, water district merger makes sense
Next Tuesday, the citizens of Presque Isle will have an opportunity to vote on a referendum question and decide whether or not to merge the Presque Isle Sewer District and the Presque Isle Water District into a new Presque Isle Utilities District.
