6 hours ago
Remember who is most important
One may wish to hide this from the eyes those with delicate constitutions.
Editorials
1 day ago
Finding your ancestors’ friends
Friends are important to all of us. Very few move through life without acquiring close friends. This was also true of our ancestors. Often these friends were as close or closer than family members.
2 weeks ago
Old-style reporter|
En anglais cette fois. I worked on a small weekly from around 1977 to 1985, more or less, before coming to the St. John Valley Times. There I made a lot of friends.
2 weeks ago
Immigration then and now
Immigration is a hot-button issue, one where people hold strong opinions one way or the other. It may surprise you to learn it’s always been controversial.
4 weeks ago
No Leap Day, no birthday this year
This year people born on the 29th of February will not have a birthday. It is a quirk of the calendar system. Plenty on that in a year or three later.
1 month ago
Traveling to find your roots
Will you be traveling for genealogical research or tourism this year? Genealogists often want to visit their ancestral homelands or long to visit libraries or archives.
1 month ago
Parisian French
La plupart de nous autres on eu le cerveau lavé (brainwashed). A un certain point dans notre vie, et même plusieurs fois dans notre vie, on a été dit qu’on parle pas vraiment français ou qu’on parle pas le bon français ou même qu’on parle pas le français de Paris.
1 month ago
Beware the snow snakes
With fresh snow and wind, the elusive snow snakes slither hither.
2 months ago
The chaos caused when words sound alike
Words that sound alike are called homophones. For teachers of English as a second language, this is often an irksome, necessary and, at times, amusing exercise.
2 months ago
The challenges of caring for The County’s older adults
As a lifelong resident of The Valley, I’ve seen a lot of change in Aroostook County, but one thing has stayed constant: the way we take care of each other. Today, however, we’re facing one of the greatest challenges I can remember.
