Contributed photo Sandy Gauvin, present of Aroostook Aspirations Initiative, presents Maine State Chamber of Commerce President Dana Connors with the AAI’s first annual Road Back Home Award during last month’s Night with the Stars gala. PRESQUE ISLE — The third annual Night With the Stars Gala, hosted by Aroostook Aspirations Initiative, took place Sept. […]
By Jen Lynds Staff Writer LINNEUS — For the second time in the past 15 months, a statewide prescription drug abuse prevention program is facing a struggle to secure long-term funding, an official with the agency said earlier this week. Clare Desrosiers, director of the Diversion Alert program, said last week that the agency, which […]
PRESQUE ISLE — New Ventures Maine is seeking businesses with five or fewer employees and gross sales of $250,000 or less to apply for special marking grants of up to $400. According to Karen Petrin, microenterprise specialist at New Ventures’ Presque Isle office, NVM awards cash mini-grants to Maine microenterprises through a competitive application process […]
To the editor:
As a longtime advocate of print news and a faithful subscriber to the Houlton Pioneer Times, this letter is a difficult one for me to write. It doesn’t come easy to criticize an institution I’ve admired for years.
To me, a local newspaper is a vital informational tool for a community and does much to define the essence of small town life. Until recently, I thought the Pioneer captured that in spades, truly living up to the motto, “The only newspaper in the world interested in Houlton, Maine.” How I love that slogan!
To the editor:
With the November elections quickly approaching most people have been discouraged by the state of our national politics. Luckily the people of northern Maine have a number of qualified candidates for both the Maine House and Senate. One of these candidates is Mike Carpenter, who is running for State Senate.
Mr. Carpenter is one of the most qualified candidates running for office in the State of Maine. He has previously served in the Maine House of Representative and the Maine Senate. While in the Senate he served on the agriculture, judiciary, and transportation committees and later served as assistant majority leader.
To the editor:
Mike Carpenter is running for Senate District 2 and we encourage everyone to join us and cast their vote for Mike.
We have long respected and admired Mike Carpenter. He is perhaps the most qualified candidate running for Senate anywhere in the state of Maine. Beginning in the 1970s, Mike represented Aroostook County by serving two years in the House, then 10 years in the Senate. Later, in the 1990s, the Maine Legislature elected Mike to the office of Maine Attorney General in which he served five years.
To the editor:
In America, there are certain things we do without giving a lot of thought about why exactly we do them. In October we dress our children in elaborate costumes and send them out to panhandle candy from neighbors. In December, we prop up dead trees in our living rooms and festoon them with ornaments and electric lights. Sometime in March or April, we hide perishable food around the house and then encourage the children to find it all before it spoils. In the heat of summer, we go outside with a supply of gunpowder and matches and play with these explosives until they run out, and consider it a good time if we exhaust the supply before someone gets injured.
To the editor:
Aroostook County Action Program (ACAP) is an area leader in providing a wide range of services to citizens across Aroostook County. To help ensure that the services they deliver are directed to the areas of highest need, ACAP is conducting a comprehensive community assessment. Aroostook County residents, like yourself, can help influence their planning efforts for the agency as well as help to determine which regional needs receive the most attention.
To the editor:
A simple observation from a simple man, about Question 3. Why does this issue have to be so complicated? Quite simply put without any confusion.
If you transfer ownership of a firearm, then it should be documented with a background check. That way the buyer becomes the registered owner, relieving the seller of any future responsibilities pertaining to that firearm.
By Paul Harrison
In the wake of more mass shootings we again are seeing the strident call for “sensible gun control” from the usual sources that have been promoting a growing number of gun control schemes for decades.
We hear proposals ranging from bans on certain guns, restrictions on magazine capacity, more background checks, ammunition control, mandatory training, loopholes, and even registration. While these may at first blush seem “sensible” as the old saying goes “the devil is in the details”
