Editorials

7 years ago

Looking at our community through a visitor’s eyes

I recently had the pleasure of escorting a two-time Emmy-award-winning videographer around our community as he shot film footage to be used by the Northern Maine Regional Airport to attract more air traffic into Presque Isle.

7 years ago

Fame, fortune and mosquitoes

Having suggested that Aroostook County take charge and increase its name recognition for being a he-man locale with a blackfly beverage, I wondered how else The County can distinguish itself.

7 years ago

Remembering the ‘Cloud Fairies’

A photo of five babies’ heads among fluffy white clouds in a blue sky hung on the wall out front in the [Porter portrait] studio at 57 Main Street in Houlton.

7 years ago

‘Lawn Order’

A while back, it was pointed out to me that local residents, mostly here in the Valley, had this obsession about keeping the grass cut.

7 years ago

Green summer walking

Walking is always nice, relaxing, a way to think thoughts that are not about cold or mud.

7 years ago

Summer in the Maine woods: exploring our outdoors traditions

Maine has a storied tradition in the rugged outdoors. From Henry David Thoreau paddling down the Penobscot to President Theodore Roosevelt seeking adventure atop Mount Katahdin as a young man, generations of Americans have come to our state to experience all that it has to offer.

7 years ago

Strawberry champagne soup

It is human nature to resist being wrong. In fact, just about everyone can identify an acquaintance who will go on the most torturous, twisted and convoluted explanation known to man to explain why s/he is not wrong, despite all evidence to the contrary.

7 years ago

‘Do unto others’ in family research

In my last column, I discussed the difficulties that can arise when a genealogist must make an ethical decision whether to reveal material that might embarrass or hurt someone else.