Editorials

2 months ago

Co-Responding for Mental Health: A Year of Success with AMHC

Over the past year, the co-responding mental health partnership between Aroostook Mental Health Center and the Presque Isle Police Department has made a profound impact on how our department and our community respond to mental health crises.

2 months ago

Burial at sea

If you’ve ever wandered through old cemeteries along the coast of Maine, you may have come across a headstone with the inscription “lost at sea.”

3 months ago

Change is sure to come

Begin with a leaf. Place a napkin or paper towel on a table. Lay the leaf flat on top of the paper towel. Using a toothpick dipped in water, drop one drop on to the leaf.

3 months ago

Genetic roulette, anyone?

We’re all victims of genetic roulette. As you know, you get half your genetic code from your mother and half from your father. However, one-half of their genes aren’t passed on to you.

3 months ago

It is not always as it seems

Dad absolutely loved – and I do mean loved – TV wrestling.  He had his favorites, but none of them could surpass the one and only William Dee Calhoun, aka Haystack Calhoun.  

3 months ago

Keeping family memories

I have a cousin I’ll call Susan, who lives out of state in a nursing home. She is in the process of sliding into the dark tunnel of Alzheimer’s.

4 months ago

ADN = Toi

Si tu est Franco-Américain ou Acadien tu est le produit de milliers d’ancêtres français. Avant que tu sois née, tes ancêtres on déterminé la couleur de tes yeux, de tes cheveux, comment tu marche, comment du te tiens debout, comment tu ris, comment tu pleur, comment tu roule tes yeux, comment tu fait la baboune et bien d’autres choses.