1 week ago
New insight into DNA
For years we’ve been told that MtDNA (maternal DNA) is passed from mother to children, both male and female, but only daughters pass it on to their own children.
Editorials
1 week ago
Being prepared for winter roads
Winter is upon us once more. Mother Nature will soon transform our city streets and roadways into white paths that are slippery and dangerous. We will see wind, snow, ice, sleet, freezing rain and bitter cold temperatures.
1 month ago
Le temps des fetes
On dirais qu’on est tous l’temps dans l’temps des fêtes. Surtout pendant Halloween, Thanksgiving, Noël, pi toute suite après, le jour de l’an.
1 month ago
New challenges for funeral records
At the September meeting of the Wassebec Genealogical Society, Ethan Annis of the Lary Funeral Home spoke about trends regarding funerals.
1 month ago
New airline connections for PQI
Presque Isle is currently served by JetBlue with flights to and from Boston Logan International Airport, which makes an essential link between Aroostook County and the National Air Transportation System.
2 months ago
There really were poor farms
Poor farms or town farms were rural New England’s way of caring for indigent people before today’s welfare and Social Security were created.
2 months ago
Saving daylight
The sun is squirreling itself away for the winter, as all creatures human and otherwise follow suit.
2 months ago
Of turkeys and penny loafers
We are approaching the giving, gobble and goody time of the year. This is the time when the relatives come out of the woodwork.
2 months ago
Les filles de Quimby
Pour ceux qui savent pas, Hamlin est un petit village entre Van Buren et Limestone.
2 months ago
Guardianships
When James Roosevelt, father of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, died in 1900, his will contained something unique.
