Opinion

7 years ago

Be ‘in the know’ about blowing snow

Blowing snow is one of The County’s most lethal weather hazards, cutting visibility on the roads all the way down to hood-of-your-car distance.

7 years ago

Christmas Eve 2017 proved to be symbolic, magical

It was Christmas Eve, 2017; my first Christmas without my husband, Dale. My sister, Lisa, and I had spent the majority of the night visiting friends, ingesting magical holiday fare, and exchanging gifts.

7 years ago

Finding Santa

The older I become, the more convinced I am of one thing: I will never outgrow Christmas.

7 years ago

New year brings new operations

With the end of the year approaching, we would like to pass on some information about the upcoming holidays and the newest update on the merger of the Presque Isle Landfill with Tri-Community Landfill.

7 years ago

Putting a name to the ’affliction’

It’s been wisely recommended that I explain what the ‘affliction’ is that I occasionally mention in my articles. I have no problem with that, but it does make me realize that I’ve been coy about it as though I might somehow be ashamed to have it. I have multiple sclerosis; MS for short.

7 years ago

Welcome to the 30-inch club

In the 80 years they’ve been keeping records at Caribou, this snow season is now one of only three years in which 30 or more inches of snow had fallen by the end of November.

7 years ago

H_ ll no, we won’t glow!

With a “sense of stabbing pain” (as Winston Churchill intoned at the onset of WWII war clouds), I can scan and sense a remarkable change in north central Aroostook County, not just impacting our legendary dark skies, but also infecting the very rhythm of our daily lives.