Editorials

7 years ago

We need to keep Acadia vibrant

Acadia National Park is the crown jewel of Maine tourism and the economic backbone of the surrounding communities and our state.

7 years ago

Landfill merger means new method for recycling

The Presque Isle Landfill and Tri-Community Landfill in Fort Fairfield will be merging operations effective Jan. 1, 2019. Presque Isle, Caribou, Fort Fairfield, and Limestone will all combine their solid waste infrastructure and be owners of a new entity that will be known as Aroostook Waste Solutions.

7 years ago

Coping with bugs

I’ve seen a few Allagash Wilderness Waterway canoe trips get cut short because people were ill prepared for black flies.

7 years ago

To be or not to be… Storm ready

Well, in the case of the Branson, Missouri, deadly duck boat sinking back on the 19th of July, it was most assuredly “not to be”, as in, not to be Storm Ready.

7 years ago

Lobstah Fishin’

Did you ever have a time when you or someone else began to tell a story and everybody hung on every word?

7 years ago

Imagine your own Heaven in these complicated times

It has always been my thought that the stars are, in actuality, pinholes in the floor of Heaven. The brilliant light that escapes down into the universe is visible to us in tiny increments of pure white beams; arranged in patterns to add further delight to the wonder of it all.

7 years ago

Fools of history

In the last little while it’s been hard avoiding making comments on what’s happening on the national scene.

7 years ago

Wood cutting adventures

How many remember the gathering of firewood to heat your homes with, before the days of cut, split and delivered cord wood?