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E.A. Williams Cartoon: April Fools

Finding respite where we can

So, how are you doing out there? How are you finding ways to cope with distancing or self-isolating? These are strange times, to be sure.

Eau de Pacques

Une de nos précieuse tradition c'est d'aller chercher d'l'eau d'Pâcque, Easter water. Quant a moué ça fait des centaines d'années que les acadiens font ça.

Stop. Look. Listen

During these strange days, you can make use of this surreal "slowed down" time to take in everything around you, things that you might otherwise miss in a world operating at "normal speed.”

Open water fishing is a mite early in The County

I’m pretty sure the guy who came up with the idea of open water fishing season beginning on April 1 each year wasn’t from Aroostook County.

Property tax relief

If there is one thing that’s always on the mind of Mainers when politicians ask what can be done to help them make ends meet, three words are always at the top of the list: property tax relief.

New ‘normal’ doesn’t have to shake old foundations

While fears of the pandemic are very real, and safety should be taken seriously, it’s going to become important to maintain calm and reason through this period of time.

Just the facts, or a little more?

This brings us nicely to the difference between genealogists and family historians.

E.A. Williams Cartoon: Remember to be kind

Remember to be kind

A message to our communities from your four County hospitals

With COVID-19 now in Maine, your four County hospitals want you to know that we are working collaboratively to keep our communities healthy and safe.

Ice fishing changes on Allagash Lake

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has relaxed the ice fishing rules at Allagash Lake.

Is it climate averages or normals? It’s both

Climate averages are based on a 30-year period, which is recalculated every decade. Meteorologists presently use the 30-year period from 1981 to 2010.

Time to end the Rx drug crisis

One issue of critical importance that I hear about from my constituents here in The County is the out-of-control price of prescription drugs.

March shows: a sure sign of spring

March is a deceitful month, especially for Aroostook County and the sportsmen who reside there year round.

Preparing students for success

I have introduced the Success for Rural Students and Communities Act to help rural students achieve their higher education goals.

Fantails and ployes

I bought a book of photos of birds from all over the world and it got me thinking about things we don't see anymore.

Valley Girls comic – Week of March 2, 2020

He's a ticking time bomb

To fix health care, put patients first

All across the state, Mainers are worried about how they are going to get health care for themselves and their family.

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