Opinion

5 years ago

Lost

“Sign In and Out” it said on the small, weather-beaten placard at the edge of the woods.  Just below was a clipboard inside a makeshift wooden box, to protect it from the elements, along with a pencil nub on the end of a string.

5 years ago

Collins is commited to Maine

A recent full-page ad in this newspaper, paid for by “Sara Gideon For Maine,” attacked Susan Collins with the charge that “Senator Collins has changed.” Mind you, this would be the same Susan Collins that for seven consecutive years has been, according to Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, the most bipartisan United States Senator.

5 years ago

Check it out before you support it

To the editor:
Black Lives Matter — how deceptive, how divisive. BLM, the organization, has precious little to do with valuing or protecting Black lives. Rudy Guiliani has said he believes the group to be a Marxist organization.

5 years ago

Time to “dew” it again

“My eyes glaze over when you talk about that. Why not stick to the old percentage thing?” 
That was a recent comment I received, complaining about my frequent summertime use of dew point to describe how muggy or not muggy the air is.

5 years ago

All in a name

As I wrote in my last column, researching during the pandemic was challenging with the internet the most available source. This led to some frustrations, as you will see. 

5 years ago

Time to catch up

Where has the time gone since my last update? I knew I needed to get back in touch with readers when my Uncle Frank called from Illinois and asked if everything was OK since there was no “Community Connections” article for June. 

5 years ago

Cooking with Susie Q – Week of July 21, 2020

So many of us are growing a garden this year. Many haven’t grown a garden before or in many years.  We’re home, we wear masks when we go out, and we social distance. In the garden you don’t have to wear a mask.

5 years ago

Do your part and be vigilant

I know we are all tired of hearing about the coronavirus. However, the fact is that this is an extremely dangerous virus with long-term health ramifications. It is, therefore, important that everyone does their part to stay safe and protect themselves as well as those around us so things can get back to normal as soon as possible.