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June travels

While I was out of town for a few weeks recently, I got to thinking about other “out-of-town” places, specifically places on the globe which are roughly on the same latitude as Northern Maine.

Well, well, well

Ca ma pas mal surpris qu'y aie autant d'monde qui mon dit comment heureux qu'y étais que j'ai recomencé Mon 5¢. Ca faite chaud a mon vieux coeur retiré. Merci, tous l'monde.

Father’s Day

Once again, we have observed Father’s Day.

Returning artifacts

Last winter, Bureau of Parks and Lands staff reinstalled the original front boiler door and smoke stack on the locomotives located at the northern terminus of the famed Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad.

Cuts to Medicaid would harm vulnerable Mainers

I am concerned about cuts the American Health Care Act (AHCA) would make to Medicaid

Editorial comic — June 7, 2017

Cartoon of the week (week of May 31, 2017)

The ancestral ways of weaving

There’s that word creeping in again.

Helping small business with tax code reforms

According to the Small Business Administration, small businesses employ more than half of all American workers and have generated two-out-of-three net new jobs since the 1970s.

Keeping an eye on education funding

As budget negotiations continue, I want you to know where I stand: I am fighting to ensure the budget respects the will of the voters and meets the state's obligation to fully fund public schools.

Angus King: Voting equipment could see ‘sophisticated cyberattacks’ from Russia

If the Russians or anyone else want to tamper with the results of an election, they’re not going to get far in Maine.

Mainers, here are the basics on pre-existing medical conditions

Much of the fevered debate about House Republicans’ plan to replace the Affordable Care Act is coalescing around its implications for people with pre-existing conditions.

Learning Disabilities Association of Maine Opposes LD 820

Late in 2012, Rep. John Martin of Eagle Lake introduced a bill directing the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to rewrite mining regulations to make it easier to mine metals in Maine.

Line spacing decision is absurd and hurts our students

In recent weeks, an absurd bureaucratic decision has jeopardized an opportunity for high school students in Aroostook County who, in past years, have been able to prepare for post-secondary education and pursue their academic potential through the University of Maine at Presque Isle’s (UMPI) Upward Bound Program.

Maine’s heritage is its water

On a spring day, my dad and I left Frenchville bright and early to travel to Allagash to brook fish. During the drive, I admired the beauty of the St. John River Valley as I waited to reach our favorite brook along the Allagash Wilderness Waterway.

Grandparents raising grandchildren

The crisis of opioid abuse that is ravaging our state and our country is truly an epidemic.

Sunburn? Already?

Annnnd we have our first sunburn report of the year!

Religious hypocrisy

Why are the most ardent purveyors of the Christian bible the most hypocritical?

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