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Cooking with Susie Q – Week of June 15, 2020

I hear from a couple of you asking for, and sending in recipes using rhubarb. I am sharing these this week and hope to hear from you soon. Enjoy!

Aspiring to more perfect records

All genealogists want to share research with future descendants. Will your descendants celebrate you or will you be cursed as the genealogical equivalent of Cinderella’s stepmother?

Gardening and the full moon

Recently, I had quite the animated “discussion” on Facebook with respect to full moons and frost. It seems that some folks use the full moon as a frost “guide,” which is to say, some ascribe to the notion of not planting until after the first full moon in June.

A most marvelous rhubarb leaf

Olof Nylander was self taught in many branches of science, including botany. For example, his knowledge of local wild orchids of Aroostook County is well documented.

Reach out for help: COVID-19’s impact on seniors

This is a story of my mom and me during this COVID-19 pandemic.

E. A. Williams cartoon – Week of June 8, 2020

You've come a long way

Caring for Kennedy Brook

Spring has finally arrived in the Star City. As many prepare for enjoying activities outdoors, including picking fiddleheads, going fishing or enjoying hikes at Mantle Lake Park, have you thought about doing your part for Presque Isle’s Kennedy Brook?

Fishing with Dad

I was twelve when my family moved into the lodge on the western shore of Umsaskis Lake. The lodge set up on a high bank overlooking the lake. My siblings and I would spend the next five summers exploring the outdoors there.

Restaurants deserve targeted state relief

The COVID-19 crisis has impacted us all in a multitude of ways. We’ve seen iconic small businesses closing their doors, schools sending students home to learn online and public events come to a standstill since the CDC issued its directive to maintain social distancing.

Spring leaves the body shop

Luck often brings false hope.

Demanding action on unemployment benefits

All across the state, Mainers are worried about how they are going to continue to make ends meet. This is true whether they are one of the thousands of Mainers out-of-work through no fault of their own or a small business owner who had to shut their doors for the sake of public health. The COVID-19 pandemic has turned our world upside down, ground our economy to a halt and threatened the financial security of hardworking families.

Looking to ‘the other side’

What has been the hardest part of all of this? What inspires you to keep going through it? And what do you see on the other side of the crisis we find ourselves in?

Amid crisis, everyday heroes are all around us

What I can tell you, however, is that in times like this, there are everyday heroes all around us. You need only look around or thumb through the pages of the paper to find them.

Alone together

As with many difficult situations, there will always be those who will try to take advantage of the situation.

Boundary line work

The Allagash Wilderness Waterway has over 200 miles of boundary lines. These lines mark the edge of the AWW restricted zone or state of Maine ownership.

Class of 2020 endures tough final year

One group that won’t be able to get this time back is the graduating Class of 2020. This year’s senior class is missing out on so many “last time” events following the abrupt closures of schools back on March 16.

In times of crisis, we must take care of each other

The State House may be closed, but my staff, my colleagues and I are all working hard remotely to make sure Maine people are taken care of during this public health crisis.

Conservation Corner

When I was a child, as the days lengthened in March, my dad would hook the yellow bubble-shaped sleigh that normally carried three little girls on family winter outings to his snowsled and head to the woods behind our house to collect sap from the big maples he had tapped.

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