Opinion

11 months 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. 

11 months ago

A duty of leaders

To the editor:

“We know you are under enormous pressure,” six members of Congress said in a video released Nov. 19, but “your vigilance is critical and know that we have your back.”

11 months ago

Celebrating family caregivers

To the editor:
November is Maine Family Caregivers Month — a time to recognize the thousands of Mainers who provide unpaid care to loved ones.

11 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.

11 months ago

Saving daylight

The sun is squirreling itself away for the winter, as all creatures human and otherwise follow suit.

11 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.

12 months ago

Les filles de Quimby

Pour ceux qui savent pas, Hamlin est un petit village entre Van Buren et Limestone.

12 months ago

Guardianships

When James Roosevelt, father of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, died in 1900, his will contained something unique.

1 year ago

Ghosts in a sunset

As the sun sets earlier, it is possible to see Haystack Mountain with a neat fiery red top — perfect for a retired volcanic site. 

1 year ago

Your Vote Matters on Nov. 4

To the editor:
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4, and AARP Maine urges all Mainers to make their voices heard by casting a ballot.