As a proud member of the Presque Isle community, a retired regional airline pilot and the chair of the Airport Advisory Committee for Presque Isle International Airport, I have a vested interest in the future of our Essential Air Service (EAS), as should all of my fellow residents.
The meeting of the Allagash Advisory Council began for me in delight. I was reunited with a room full of wardens, fisheries biologists, recreation specialists, lodge owners, naturalists, guides, most of us sporting some grey in our hair. These were my colleagues for over four decades.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has exploded on the scene seemingly from nowhere. It’s generating a great deal of concern and fear. We’re hearing it’s either the greatest thing since the invention of sliced bread or the ultimate destructor of humankind.
In honor of Mars Day, which was March 5, and with the upcoming total solar eclipse to be viewable from our area on April 8, it is only fitting that one thinks about the Solar System Model going along U.S. Route 1 from Houlton to Presque Isle.
I was recently asked about researching Irish ancestors in the “old country.” With St. Patrick’s Day approaching in March, perhaps it’s a good time to offer advice about this.
According to an 1895 local newspaper article, “No full write-up of Aroostook County would be complete without some mention of the late John Allen. He came from Franklin County to Aroostook in 1839.
Bears, as most schoolchildren know, hibernate during the winter. Some animals slow down, while others strategize eating and sleeping patterns. Many birds fly south; perennials hunker down, annuals wither and die.
Allez vous a confesse a tous les premiérs vendredi du mois vous autres quand vous étiez dans la petite école? Nous autres a Grand isle les soeurs nous marchais de Lincoln School tous drette a l’église a l’autre bôre du ch’min.
As Valentine’s Day approaches wives and sweethearts are awaiting flowers, candy or other gifts. It was different for our great-grandparents. They may have gotten a card or nothing at all.
Dr. Sherman Willard Boone moved to Presque Isle from Fredericton, New Brunswick to practice medicine in 1887. He practiced medicine here for 46 years before retiring in 1932.
