To the editor:
What if I told you the latest hot topic has everyone scared of the wrong thing? Everyone needs to stop confusing people in terrible costumes for clowns. I know clowns. I am a clown, or as we spell it in The County, “klown.”
To the editor:
On behalf of water utilities throughout Maine, I remind the public during Fire Prevention Week (October 9-15) about the critical role of local water supplies in fighting fires and safeguarding public safety.
To the editor:
I was given some very important, perhaps life-saving information recently about diabetes that I never heard in my eight years of diabetes. I’d heard much about exercises burning up some of the excess glucose in all the body’s organs and blood, but no one ever mentioned to me something that works much better, perhaps even better than some medications. No one even explained why everyone should drink eight glasses of fluid a day, except that it’s healthy.
To the editor:
Creating livable communities – great places for people of all ages to live, work, and play – was the theme of the recent Maine Age-Friendly conference sponsored by AARP Maine.
In 1865 Horace Greeley advised “Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.” Long before these words were penned Americans were steadily moving to the west seeking new land. They moved westward in waves as early as 1776.
Police departments collected 31,960 pounds of medication last year
In an effort to reduce access to and abuse of prescription drug abuse all 11 police departments in Aroostook County are available to receive and serve as prescription disposal sites all year long. This service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The Aroostook Agency on Aging reminds Medicare beneficiaries that open enrollment, also known as the annual election period, will begin Oct. 15 and run through Dec. 7, 2016.
CARIBOU, Maine — Cary Medical Center will host a “Look Good, Feel Better” session on Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 4-6 p.m.
AROOSTOOK COUNTY, Maine — Power of Prevention, a program of Cary Medical Center, has assisted 11 food pantries in northern Aroostook County with self-assessments aimed at identifying their needs and strengths. This has led to over $10,000 in funding for the northern Aroostook County pantries from GSFB, along with an upcoming $2,500 from POP.
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — The Local Working Groucp of the National Resources Conservation Service and the Central Aroostook Soil and Water Conservation District will meet Wednesday, Oct. 12, from 4-6 p.m. at the USDA Service Center conference room, 735 Main Street, Presque Isle.
