5 years ago
Individual rights and responsibility
In the 2020 election, 360,737 voters in Maine’s Second Congressional District delivered one electoral vote for the Republican candidate for president, a 7.5 percent margin of victory.
Opinion
5 years ago
Thankful for clinic
To the editor:
We want to thank everyone involved with the COVID vaccine center at the Northern Maine Community College, run by the Northern Light [A.R. Gould] Hospital.
5 years ago
My second miracle
To the editor:
As we drove up Edgemont Drive on Feb. 17 at 1:15 p.m., my spirits were high. We were directed to the Northern Maine Community College Wellness Center and told there was no waiting line today. How great.
5 years ago
Paying tolerance forward
I watched her carefully position her late-model SUV into the parking space in front of me, her eyes shielded with brown tinted, cat-eye-shaped sunglasses. She removed the glasses and immediately put a white paper mask on.
5 years ago
From a grateful veteran
To the editor:
I would like to thank all first responders and our heroes in hospitals, children’s hospitals and nursing homes, especially at [Northern Light A.R. Gould] hospital.
5 years ago
Bill would create crucial alert system
To the editor:
On Feb. 8, 2021, a hearing was held before the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety discussing LD 28: An Act To Create an Alert System To Notify the Public When a Person with an Intellectual or Developmental Disability Is Missing.
5 years ago
Potential pollution in Pickett Mountain area
To the editor:
Your article of Feb. 10, 2021 [Maine tribes worry that Aroostook County mining project will pollute local waters] outlines some of the concern over potential pollution if mineral exploration in the Pickett Mountain area becomes a mining actuality.
5 years ago
Feeling the loss of Tourney Time
As local schools shut down for their annual February break, students are sure to be excited about getting some much-needed rest and relaxation during these crazy, COVID-19 times.
5 years ago
Efficiency rebates and work sessions
If you enjoyed the unseasonably warm January, you may be wondering how cold the remaining months of winter will be. Staff have received several telephone calls from Caribou homeowners who have installed heat pumps to get ahead of any extreme temperatures.
5 years ago
A snapping turtle
Olof Nylander helped many Aroostook County residents identify uncommon animals and plants in the area. One was a snapping turtle, Latin name Chelydra Serpentina, which is a large freshwater reptile.
