Editorials

5 years ago

Moose hunt 2020

I had the good fortune of being drawn for a moose permit in 2020. My permit was for a bull in zone four during the second week in October (my first choice). Zone four is a huge zone that lies north of the Golden Road, south of the Reality Road, west of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway and goes all the way to the Canadian border. It has a healthy moose population, especially along the waterway.

5 years ago

Remembering a simpler time

Writer and farmer Wendell Berry has written a great deal about connection to place. In his novel Hannah Coulter, he describes place as “…putting your own foot into your own shoe. Familiar. A comfort.

5 years ago

Let the city help make it a productive year

It is a new year and if you have made a New Year’s resolution or two, the city of Caribou can be your partner in making it your most productive year yet. If you have fitness goals, contact the wellness center about hours and programs.

5 years ago

Weddings

I recently saw a reference about using wedding announcements in genealogical research. While I’ve written about using newspapers before I thought I might review the family announcements you’re apt to find. Not so many years ago newspapers devoted pages to engagements and weddings.

5 years ago

Lessons

I cannot express how much I worry for our country. Fortunately, I feel relatively safe, because I am far to the north of the trouble that is tearing the heartland apart and bringing pain and suffering to our places of power.

5 years ago

Best job in the world

“You have the best job in the world,” the paddlers would tell me as we chatted on a flat, calm Eagle Lake in the middle of August. “How do you get a job like this?” they would ask.  

5 years ago

Imagining an exotic name to market Presque Isle

In my research surrounding the origins of Presque Isle’s name, I came across a troubling literary artifact: a 1984 off-Broadway play called “Presque Isle,” written by American author Joyce Carol Oates.

5 years ago

Virtual conferences

We all hope to see the end of COVID-19 sometime this year and, we hope, a return to something approaching normalcy.