Opinion

1 week ago

Peace for Gaza, peace for us

To the editor:
My 5-year-old daughter, Hannah, recently asked me, “Why can’t they just stop fighting each other?” I struggled to answer her simple yet profoundly complex question.

1 week ago

Grandi a Grand Isle

Moué j’t’un gah d’Grand Isle. J’ai grandi un peut comme Tom Sawyer, plus ou moin. Je veut dire qu’on allais a pêche su’l’bôre d’la rivière Saint-Jean regulièrement, etc.

3 weeks ago

Change is sure to come

Begin with a leaf. Place a napkin or paper towel on a table. Lay the leaf flat on top of the paper towel. Using a toothpick dipped in water, drop one drop on to the leaf.

3 weeks ago

Genetic roulette, anyone?

We’re all victims of genetic roulette. As you know, you get half your genetic code from your mother and half from your father. However, one-half of their genes aren’t passed on to you.

1 month ago

It is not always as it seems

Dad absolutely loved – and I do mean loved – TV wrestling.  He had his favorites, but none of them could surpass the one and only William Dee Calhoun, aka Haystack Calhoun.  

1 month ago

Keeping family memories

I have a cousin I’ll call Susan, who lives out of state in a nursing home. She is in the process of sliding into the dark tunnel of Alzheimer’s.

1 month ago

Protest coverage is lacking

To the editor:
There have been several very well attended demonstrations in Aroostook county towns (Caribou, Presque Isle, Houlton and Madawaska).

1 month ago

Destroying our forest

To the editor:
As a resident of northern Maine, I am alarmed by the clear-cutting carried out by the Irving company off Routes 161 and 162 in Cross Lake Township and Sinclair.