2 years ago
This issue needs our opposition
To the editor: “May 1st saw a historic day of turnout in the Maine Legislature for the public hearing of LD1619, “An Act to Improve Maine’s Reproductive Privacy Laws.”
Opinion
2 years ago
Optimism and Mother’s Day
Opportunity and optimism have started to sprout. One nice thing about living in a four-seasons county is that the attitude transcends the mud and muck of snowmelt. The Star City and its neighborhoods see those first sprouts poke through.
2 years ago
We aren’t defined by bumps in the road
The morning was that milky gray, with random droplets of rain falling clumsily to the earth like heavy particles of mislaid and forgotten glitter. I put my wipers on intermittently, automatically lowering or raising my head in conjunction with the landing of the raindrop.
2 years ago
Genealogy packrats
“A place for everything and everything in its place” is an adage you may have heard. It’s good advice for everyone, including genealogists.
2 years ago
A master of spin
To the editor: I think Joe Biden is the worst president our country has seen in modern times. I also believe in being fair. With that in mind, I set out on a quest to see if I could find something positive amid his many failures. It took less time than I thought to come […]
2 years ago
Let’s be better neighbors
To the editor: In a letter published on March 27, frequent contributor and ruminator, Lou Ouellette, referenced a previous story about an elderly gentleman who had murdered a neighbor’s beloved family dog. He proposed that the author of the article was somehow biased in her approach and painted the elderly gentleman in a bad light; […]
2 years ago
Second Biden run not good for country
To the editor: Thank goodness, Biden finally confirmed he’ll run for re-election in 2024. Then his press secretary assured the nation he would serve the entire eight years, at the end of which he’ll be 86 years old.
2 years ago
Presque Isle and the Civil War
The Civil War was the deadliest war in American history with 720,000 soldiers and civilians killed. It began in 1861 when eleven southern states who supported slavery seceded from the United States of America and formed the Confederate States of America. Essentially, the Confederacy (South) fought the Union (U.S. federal government, or North).
2 years ago
Another perspective on choosing life
To the editor: The abortion expanding debate has many individuals taking part. Some hold the position that there might be good reasons to permit abortion in the first weeks for a limited set of reasons, such as the health of the woman or rape. Both sides might be able to agree to this.
