Opinion

2 months ago

Please watch how you recycle

To the editor:

When I went to recycle my corrugated cardboard behind Presque Isle’s City Hall, the first thing I saw was a bright blue styrofoam egg carton among the boxes.

2 months ago

Response didn’t answer questions

To the editor:
It seems to me that Mr. Kipp is still having trouble with probable cause. In his latest letter to The County, he offered an example where probable cause was found to be not probable.

2 months ago

A snapshot of Ashland in 1943

On Monday, May 30, 1943, in the midst of World War II, the small town of Ashland (population 2,457 according to the 1940 Census), on the western frontier of Aroostook County, Maine’s potato and lumbering county, celebrated Memorial Day

2 months ago

A boost to U.S. mining

To the editor:
Stephen Freeman, in his letter on July 9, 2025, brought up an interesting subject: our dependency on China for rare-earth minerals.

2 months ago

Here’s what informed my writing

To the editor:
First, just noting that Mr. Crean has twice (in his letters published July 9 and July 23) used an informal interpretation of the term “probable cause” in place of its actual legal definition.

2 months ago

The ‘County way’

I was told I would feel as though the house was at “the ends of the Earth.” The crunch of the dirt drive under the tires led us up to a unique home with a special occupant.

2 months ago

Maine’s genealogical conference

The annual Maine Genealogical Society conference is usually held in September, but this year it will be Aug 23, and for the first time you can attend it from the comfort of your own home. 

2 months ago

Still looking for answers

To the editor:
I read Mr. Kipp’s letter in The County [July 16]. Another disappointment. Instead of offering solid information about anything, he once again filled his script mostly with rhetoric.