Opinion

6 years ago

A just choice: choose humanity

One year ago, 12 of us plus two children chanted: “End the separations, keep families together” in downtown Presque Isle. Unfathomably, this year we must chant against worse policies: “Close the child prisons.”

6 years ago

Summer road trips rule

Weddings in June are common enough. Relatively simple affairs. There is a bride, wearing a white and dolled up into a fanciful creation of spun sugar and apple blossoms.

6 years ago

Murphy loves a do-it-yourselfer

If you ever doubt whether Murphy’s Law is a real thing, just plan a simple weekend project. Then you’ll see what the gods of Murphydom really think of us poor humans.

6 years ago

Flash flood

As readers of this column know, I am big on weather awareness. In this, the “Age of Apps,” we’ve forgotten to look up.

6 years ago

Preserving history in old cemeteries

This is the time of year when we visit cemeteries. Sometimes what we find is not what we expected. In a neighboring town I found one cemetery with missing stones.

6 years ago

Cooking with Susie Q – Week of June 24, 2019

Finally! It would appear that we are done with winter. Seemed a long winter with a brief spring, straight into summer. I for one am ready. I have always loved cooking, and baking.

6 years ago

Conservation Corner: School greenhouse update

On the first hot day this year, I followed Rita Gardiner through a field and apple orchard to a large garden plot that is part of the newly-resurrected SAD70 Greenhouse and Garden Project.