Editorials

5 days ago

Le temps des fetes

On dirais qu’on est tous l’temps dans l’temps des fêtes. Surtout pendant Halloween, Thanksgiving, Noël, pi toute suite après, le jour de l’an.

5 days ago

New challenges for funeral records

At the September meeting of the Wassebec Genealogical Society, Ethan Annis of the Lary Funeral Home spoke about trends regarding funerals.

5 days ago

New airline connections for PQI

Presque Isle is currently served by JetBlue with flights to and from Boston Logan International Airport, which makes an essential link between Aroostook County and the National Air Transportation System. 

3 weeks ago

There really were poor farms

Poor farms or town farms were rural New England’s way of caring for indigent people before today’s welfare and Social Security were created.

3 weeks ago

Saving daylight

The sun is squirreling itself away for the winter, as all creatures human and otherwise follow suit.

3 weeks ago

Of turkeys and penny loafers

We are approaching the giving, gobble and goody time of the year. This is the time when the relatives come out of the woodwork.

1 month ago

Les filles de Quimby

Pour ceux qui savent pas, Hamlin est un petit village entre Van Buren et Limestone.

1 month ago

Guardianships

When James Roosevelt, father of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, died in 1900, his will contained something unique.

2 months ago

Ghosts in a sunset

As the sun sets earlier, it is possible to see Haystack Mountain with a neat fiery red top — perfect for a retired volcanic site.