Opinion

1 year ago

Inflammation d’poumons

Pauvre Mme Constance Castonguay. É’tais malade. É’tais lamenteuse a part de ça, même quand é’tais pas malade. Imagine toué asteur comme a s’lamentais quand é’tais vraiment malade. Des hurlements quissement ‘a journée longue, qu’ont dit les voisins.

1 year ago

Family folklore

Folklore is tales passed down without any empirical evidence to support them. Fact is what historians and genealogists seek. 

1 year ago

Celebrating community and youth

To the editor:

This past Saturday, June 1, Mantle Lake Park was the heart of an uplifting community tradition — the Presque Isle Elks Club Annual Youth Fishing Derby.

1 year ago

In search of mysteries and mayhem

Presque Isle’s own native playwright, John Cariani, will be holding a workshop to gather stories about The County as material he will be using in a followup to his play, “Almost, Maine.”

1 year ago

What is a crazy quilt?

Antique quilts are revered today often for the sentimental value as well as the intricate hand-sewn detail and patterns.  There is one type of antique quilt, however, that stands out from most others — the “crazy quilt”.  

1 year ago

Trees and shrubs invite birds to your yard

Why invite birds to your yard?  Birds make great yard guests for many reasons. We know that the right trees on your property can increase its value, but adding birds to those trees can give an additional boost. 

1 year ago

Harry Pipes: merchant, actor, city father

Harry Rufus Pipes was born in Presque Isle on Sept. 8, 1878, at the old Presque Isle House Hotel. His father, William, originally from New Brunswick, had moved to Presque Isle in 1876.