3 years ago
Cooking with Susie Q – Week of June 29, 2022
What a great day! We’ve gotten our garden in, flowers planted and now we wait. Summer is near and I am more than ready. Our yards may become our places of entertainment again this year.
Opinion
3 years ago
Let’s get serious about Maine’s clean energy future
The cost of living is going up. There’s no use denying it. Point the finger at whoever you please, but as for me, I’m interested in solutions.
3 years ago
Presque Isle’s Olympic third baseman
Those of us of a certain age remember Clarence Keegan as the assistant principal of Presque Isle High School (1968-1977). He was the man students had to go see if they were in trouble. In typical self-absorbed teenage style, how many of us ever wondered about Keegan’s life before he was the disciplinarian? And, oh, what an interesting life he led.
3 years ago
Memories vary
Queen Elizabeth II recently said that “recollections may vary.” For genealogists, truer words were never spoken.
When you’re talking to a family member for their recollections, remember to take the stories with a large bag of salt.
3 years ago
All is well
To the editor:
Do you remember times that you worried yourself almost sick about something and then had it turn out so right that you wanted to stand in your yard and shout to the world, “Hey, all is well, actually great”?
3 years ago
Buying votes
To the editor:
Gov. Newsom of California was so unpopular that he was recently facing a recall election. His Democratic liberal policies were causing havoc among the state’s populace. What to do?
3 years ago
Don’t miss out on relief checks
To the editor:
The Legislature has completed its work for the 2020-2022 term, and, while there is much to report, there is one item I want to be sure Aroostook County residents know about.
3 years ago
Help us honor local veterans
Last November, you may have noticed that the Gold Star Bridge at Park and Main was decorated with banners recognizing service members from Presque Isle who died in wars since the Korean War. If you happened to drive across the bridge as the purple autumn twilight fell on Veterans’ Day, you may have spotted a line of white luminaries glowing on the sidewalk, one for each veteran from Presque Isle who did not return home.
3 years ago
Houlton’s new Postmaster is ready to serve
To The Editor:
It is a great honor to serve Houlton as your new Postmaster. In my years with the United States Postal Service, I have seen firsthand the role the U.S. Postal Service plays connecting neighbors and our community to the nation.
3 years ago
Giving hardworking families a break on energy costs
Part of the challenge with this energy crisis is that there is so much out of the state’s control.
