1 week ago

Allowing marijuana stores would debase Houlton legacy

To the editor: To put a marijuana storefront whether medical or recreational in the Houlton town proper would be to debase the long history and legacy of the honest and hardworking founders of the town.

2 weeks ago

Local shoppers, businesses should support each other

To the editor: I own and operate two small mom and pop motels in The County, by the name of the Aroostook Hospitality Inn.

2 weeks ago

Just call it Trump Care

President Donald Trump has claimed that the Affordable Care Act should be repealed and that the Republicans will come up with a better plan.

3 weeks ago

Houlton residents should be allowed to vote on medical marijuana shops

Some of our councilors want to make a decision about whether the town should opt in or out of medical marijuana for us.

1 month ago

Join protest on Aroostook River Bridge and stand for peace

On March 19. 2003, the United States went to war against Iraq.

2 months ago

County residents help each other through storms

Big hats off to our city and state transportation department workers.

2 months ago

Elected officials must remember to serve ‘We the People’

The first paragraph of the U.S. Constitution is as follows: “We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence,

2 months ago

Maine produce could ease food insecurity

The issue of hunger in Maine is not an unfamiliar dilemma, and statistics confirm that it will not be going away anytime soon.

2 months ago

Amazing display of Caribou Viking pride

What I experienced on Saturday afternoon at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland was nothing less than amazing.

2 months ago

Experience sours traveler on use of United Airlines out of PI

I once had a friend who traveled to a remote location for work and had such a horrible travel experience he said he would never return to that area again.

2 months ago

Stick to civics not politics

To the editor: Plainly spoken we have three distinctive branches of government.

2 months ago

MSAD 1 needs to restructure facilities to lower taxes

I hadn’t heard too much of the MSAD 1 restructuring plan since the communities voted not to fund the $15 million that the school board wanted to close Pine Street and Zippel elementary schools.

2 months ago

Milk bill would help the hungry as well as farmers and economy

One in five Maine children is food insecure and 11.1 percent of Maine people were living in poverty in 2017.

2 months ago

New law’s social ramifications

The Cuban Missile Crisis didn’t scare me as much as the [Reproductive Health Act] law passed in New York, which I consider the blatant sanction of live-birth infanticide.

2 months ago

Kindness brightens the day

To the editor: A smile or a word of appreciation from someone can turn a tough day into a sweet day.

2 months ago

Medicaid for All

Please urge legislators to pass LD 1, a bill to assure protections of the Affordable Health Care Act will continue.

2 months ago

Learn to see both sides

In one of the James Bond movies, the villain is a media mogul intent on world domination.

3 months ago

Valentine’s Day also National Donor Day

The Health Resources and Services Administration (www.HRSA.gov) is the primary federal agency responsible for oversight of the organ and blood stem cell transplant systems in the U.S. and for initiatives to increase organ donor