To the Editor:
The Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office has much to be thankful for this year. While it would be easy to talk about negativity given all that has gone on – we want to turn ourselves to what we are thankful for.
To the editor:
We at Grace Interfaith Food Table (GIFT) wish to thank the United Way of Aroostook, Josh Tweedie and his team at Star City IGA, Kevin Kinney and his team at Save-A-Lot, and area churches for making sure that our clients had a happier Thanksgiving and Christmas season by supplying turkeys and other holiday foods.
Time is flying by and as we near the end of this year and face a new one I usually do a column about genealogical resolutions including making more time to research, entering your research in your software, taking care of your family photos and labeling them, filing documents if you do that, exploring a new genealogical website, and trying to attend a local genealogical group or a conference.
Here is an inspirational movie and true story for Christmas that shows that hearts can truly be changed. “Silent Night” (2002) is heartwarming, though it doesn’t hide the pain of war. The story takes place in 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes forest of Europe.
The last time our nation endured a public health emergency was during World War II and the Spanish flu pandemic. Although less resources and aid were available, people got through by coming together.
We are in the homestretch of what is sure to be a Christmas we will never forget, although many may want to given the state of lockdowns and coronavirus.
Somehow, Christmas is here. In the midst of one of the most fraught years in recent memory, the holidays have come. There is a lot of comfort in that.
We are now entering the period of greatest darkness, where days are short and dark nights are long.
A friend of mine took a walk the other day. Things being as they are with the COVID-19 virus, a walk in the great Maine outdoors is probably a healthy thing to do. What was interesting to me was that he took his walk in the Woodland Cemetery.
