To the editor: I’ve been thinking, and maybe some of you would agree, that Presque Isle should change its slogan from Star City to Drug City, or maybe Pot City. Seriously, it’s wonderful to have the Main Street store fronts full, but do we really need seven stores on Main Street that sell cannabis? […]
International Hat Day is Nov. 25. I suppose there are a few of us still around who remember our grandmothers wearing hats to church. Hats have long been important to society. Of course, one reason is that they were (and still are) practical for many things. Hats keep the sun or rain off of our […]
November arrives with early dusk, bare trees, brown lawns and leaves that crunch unkindly beneath our feet. We glance back over our shoulders at the summer we may have taken for granted as we slide into mid-autumn and the guaranteed winter that lurks — ready to pounce at any moment with snow, ice and bitter […]
November is Historic Bridge Awareness Month. Today with modern transportation, we often take the very existence of bridges for granted. Try to imagine what it must have been like for early settlers in the Presque Isle area alone where we were bounded on the west of the village by the stream and on the north and east by the Aroostook River.
I love being in the woods. This is something I have just recently discovered, by the way.
As a child, exploring the wooded area surrounding my grandmother’s home, I took every tree, wildflower, and small forest creature for granted.
Maine people should be the ones who set the political agenda in Augusta and D.C., not well-paid lobbyists, special interests or political hacks. But we know that this isn’t always the case.
Ducks — do not stop for the ducks. A new sign in the walking path area of A.R. Gould Hospital asks drivers not to stop for the ducks. This year, the fecundity of waterfowl in the duck pond has been very notable. What to do about the ducks?
To the editor:
Jody Smith cast the tie-breaking vote to place on a future local ballot whether Caribou would expend up to $10 million for a new police department building. While questions of this sort should always go to the voters and taxpayers, this is putting the cart before the horse.
To the editor:
There are two seats open on the city council this election. Lately I have had several people ask me who they should vote for, and my answer to them is that I would rather tell them who I intend to vote for.
To the editor:
We are farmers and have been farming organically in Aroostook County for 45 years. We will be voting yes on Question 3, the “Right to Food” constitutional amendment and we hope you will vote yes as well.
