Editorials
Mapping landfills with technology
Times, they are a-changing, that is for sure. One of the tasks we do every year is measure the volume of the trash we have placed in the landfill during the previous year.
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The Presque Isle Farmers Market vendors gather in the Aroostook Centre Mall parking lot on Saturday mornings between 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Learning Disabilities Association of Maine Opposes LD 820
Late in 2012, Rep. John Martin of Eagle Lake introduced a bill directing the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to rewrite mining regulations to make it easier to mine metals in Maine.
Denial ain’t just a river
I first heard Mark Twain’s quote from friends who work with alcoholics.
Line spacing decision is absurd, it harms students
In recent weeks, an absurd bureaucratic decision has jeopardized an opportunity for high school students in Aroostook County
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In his book, In Defense of Food, author Michael Pollin includes a sound recommendation for consumer food choices:
Eight inches of snow and 96 degrees, just six days apart
Welcome to May! The river ice flushed out in late April, always a sight to behold, and always a relief when no damaging ice jams form.
Maine’s heritage is its water
On a spring day, my dad and I left Frenchville bright and early to travel to Allagash to brook fish. During the drive, I admired the beauty of the St. John River Valley as I waited to reach our favorite brook along the Allagash Wilderness Waterway.