Opinion

4 years ago

Sharing food a time-honored gift

I love food.  No excuses offered.  No recollection of childhood issues or deprivation of any sort to report.  I simply enjoy just about every sort of food, with the exception of the exotic and wild game. 

4 years ago

Coming home

To the editor: 
We came home last week — after 35 years.

4 years ago

Ensuring the safety of cosmetics and other personal care products

In 2014, a 9-year-old girl in Colorado used a new shampoo her mother purchased because it was advertised as being extra gentle and made without harsh chemicals.  She stopped using it after just three washes when her hair began falling out in clumps. 

4 years ago

A new chapter

After seven-plus years of dialysis I now have a new kidney. 
Dialysis happens when your kidneys fail to filter out the toxins that are produced or ingested by your body.

4 years ago

Severe blood shortage

To the editor:
As uncertain as the past year has been, one constant has been the need for lifesaving blood. Many people rely on the generosity of volunteer donors to help receive the blood and platelet transfusions they rely on. However, our supply is at a critical level right now.

4 years ago

Choose to be happy

We cannot always be sweet. What a revelation that is. Everyday life and human nature very often put a wrinkle in our resolve to handle everything with a smile as we go humming along the pathway of life. 

4 years ago

Maine lawmakers must stand up to Big Pharma

About 9,000 Mainers get the horrible news that they have some form of cancer every year. In 2016, one of those Mainers was a young woman in Limestone, who learned that she had breast cancer.

4 years ago

Dangerous buildings

In recent years the Presque Isle Code Enforcement Office has been more active in condemning buildings as unsafe and dangerous.  There are certain criteria and guidelines that the city follows in declaring a building dangerous and unsafe. 

4 years ago

Myths of Ellis Island

Ellis Island has the mystique of being the premier port of entry for immigrants.  But many of the stories about the island have no foundation in fact.  If you think your ancestors entered the U.S. through Ellis Island, you could be right — or are you? 

4 years ago

Celebrating the Grange legacy

July is National Grange Month. Yet many people today are unfamiliar with the Grange and the debt society owes this organization.