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E. A. Williams Cartoon – January 22, 2020

Snowmobile drag

Welcome to second session

I’m proud to say my colleagues and I have made a lot of progress on this issue last session, but we know that there is still more work to be done.

Camaraderie and common goals

Since routes 1 and 161 converge in Caribou, our city is a gateway to other parts of Aroostook County and what happens here affects our neighbors.

2019: The weather year that was

Do you love weather? Well then, as they say on "The Price is Right,” “Come on down!”

Ending the unfair ‘Widow’s Tax’

Military commanders often say that you “recruit the soldier,” but you “retain the family.” We have an obligation to make sure that we take care of our military families who have sacrificed so much for our country.

City deserves better passenger treatment

While the city makes a bad call, [United] at the Presque Isle Airport makes one worse. Traveling to Presque Isle due to the death of my grandmother was the nightmare of all nightmares. I thought the worst part of my trip was over after the funeral. I was completely wrong.

A caravan in winter

I heard this once, “Let’s take our hearts for a walk in the woods and listen to the magic whispers of old trees.” An adventure of a lifetime. It’s what we’re all looking for, right?

Relics from the past

About halfway up the eastern shore of Chamberlain Lake, nestled behind a point of land once called Apmoojenegamook Point (now Hog Point) sits an old farmhouse.

The Clinton Formation

In the following section of Olof Nylander’s writings, he discusses the Clinton Formation, (otherwise known as the Clinton Group), a large section of sedimentary rock that reaches through the Eastern United States.

City will celebrate in 2020

It is only January, but it is shaping up to be an exciting and historic year. This year is the 200th anniversary of Maine’s statehood on March 15.

Maine needs to create better health care

To the editor: I am a “consumer” of health care with a Medicare Advantage plan. I would much rather be a “patient” like I was in the late 1950s when I birthed my three babies in a four-day stay for each at a local hospital.

E. A. Williams Cartoon – January 15, 2020

E. A. Williams Cartoon – January 15, 2020

Praise for the health care system in Houlton area

To the editor: Recently I was a patient at Houlton Regional Hospital with a serious illness that required emergency room treatment as well as a hospital stay for several days.

Genealogy resolutions

Another year is here and it’s time for genealogists to consider resolutions. Devoting more time to genealogy is a good place to start especially if you have problems finding time for research.

Winter fishing: why, when, where?

Hard water fishing has become more of a last resort than a first option. With so few cast-and-blast ventures available once deep snow and bitter weather arrive, it’s drill holes and set out tip-ups or stay inside and vegetate.

Another year over

Each new year is one filled with promise for many people, while for others it heralds a darker period of time filled with uncertainty and the general malaise that comes with the winter blues.

Putting pen to paper? Who does that?

Remember cursive? You know, the handwriting method where you connect all the letters … that thing some of us used to learn in grade school? I miss that.

On a downhill slide

To the editor: The people we elected to the House of Representatives and Senate, along with the White House, are in turmoil because of one woman’s desire to impeach our president. She wants to leave a legacy that she made history by impeaching President Trump.

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