All across the state, Mainers are worried about how they are going to continue to make ends meet. This is true whether they are one of the thousands of Mainers out-of-work through no fault of their own or a small business owner who had to shut their doors for the sake of public health. The COVID-19 pandemic has turned our world upside down, ground our economy to a halt and threatened the financial security of hardworking families.
Every year Americans are confronted with natural disasters, tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, floods. Homes are leveled, businesses are destroyed. Lives altered tragically, some lives lost. We’re being hit right now by a natural disaster, a bad one that comes once a century, a deadly contagion that knows no borders.
So I asked, “When does spring arrive?” It was both fun and fascinating to read all of your different “definitions” of when the season arrives for you.
Were you aware that the U.S. census impacts your life on a daily basis? The results of the census determine many factors that directly affect each of us and our community for a decade.
What has been the hardest part of all of this? What inspires you to keep going through it? And what do you see on the other side of the crisis we find ourselves in?
To the editor:
For years I’ve read the Bible intellectually. I can see that from my notes in it. At the head of 2nd Thessalonians I once wrote: “80-100 A.D, Tabor 228.”
Can $40,000 be better utilized: blight, unsafe sidewalks, rainy day fund for emergencies, such as River Road, or more chip-seal on country roads?
Enough is enough. I apologize but I can no longer idly stand by as our country is torn apart by delusion and alternative reality.
To that end, the following is my opinion of a colorful Facebook group, the “Concerned Citizens of Presque Isle.”
