Editorials

9 years ago

When sweet revenge is cold!

We had a snowstorm a couple weeks ago that reminded me of an event that happened when I used to work in Easton. My best friend, who calls himself “my brother from another mother,” worked the same shift and we rode together.

When we left for work the night before it was snowing about a half inch per hour or a tad more. During the night the wind picked up and if you ever traveled the Conant Road from Presque Isle to Easton, you would know that it was a stretch of road you don’t want to be on in bad weather if it can be helped.
Asa and I had been talking about something that had happened a day or so earlier and I was sort of poking fun at him. All of a sudden I was sitting in the passenger seat of his pickup covered in snow. There was a hole in the front fender well right in front of me and I had forgotten it. Well, Asa had told me I would pay for making fun and almost as soon as he said that he hit a snowdrift in the road that caused me to be the recipient of a few pounds of loose snow that came in through the hole.
Needless to say I never made fun of him again … at least ‘til the next time. Now I sit and remember to the “fun” days and Remember When …
Guy Woodworth of Presque Isle is a 1973 graduate of Presque Isle High School and a four-year Navy veteran. He and his wife Theresa have two grown sons and five grandchildren. He may be contacted at lightning117_1999@yahoo.com.

9 years ago

Potholes are a sure sign of spring

Now that Winter is showing its age, Spring is getting ready to burst on the scene. Under all those inches of snow, frost, and ice lie acres of spring stuff. There will be flowers and new buds on the trees. Proud parents of new babies will begin to trot them out in the strollers and carriers to choruses of oohs and ahhs.

9 years ago

Addressing state’s immediate needs

As your legislator, I am committed to caring for our senior citizens, supporting our veterans, strengthening our schools, growing our economy and creating good-paying jobs.

9 years ago

Beware of IRS scam during tax filing season

The phone rings. The caller ID displays “Internal Revenue Service,” “U.S. Department of the Treasury,” or the 202 Washington, D.C., area code. Concerned, the recipient of the call picks up the phone and is told that he or she owes back taxes to the IRS and must pay up immediately.

9 years ago

Life Lessons: Very early memories are often the strongest

Yellow balloons of all sizes, tied securely to ribbons of various lengths, bobbed haphazardly upward from the front of the cash register at the back entrance to the Sears store in Presque Isle. Each balloon was decorated with the face of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the presidential candidate for the year 1960. The opposing candidate, Richard Nixon, had no bouncy balloons or posters on display.

9 years ago

Happy Losers

On March 9 the weight group called The Happy Losers held their weekly meeting. Jackie Pratt, the leader, opened the meeting and welcomed members, followed by the pledge and roll call.

9 years ago

Ricker Rumblings

Here I am again. It has been a busy February. First I was called to Westbrook at the death of my brother, Paul Phelan, 95. He was found in his chair after no response.

9 years ago

Recycling should be family affair

Last night at a meeting we heard a story about a woman who is passionate about recycling. She washes her plastic, rinses her cans, stacks her cardboard after flattening it, and her husband, who goes to town every single day, refuses to take it to the transfer station. The recyclables pile up, and eventually go into the trash.