How does one express their love and devotion to their significant other? It’s a popular topic this time of year with Thursday, Feb. 14, (St. Valentine’s Day) right around the corner.
Last month was Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Raising awareness about human trafficking, and specifically sex trafficking in Maine, is one of my top priorities. Unfortunately, Maine is not immune to this form of modern-day slavery.
Yup, it’s true. This winter has reached 100 inches of snow faster than any winter on record at Caribou, where they’ve been keeping records since 1939.
It is a good time to be a sports fan in New England. The Boston Red Sox captured their ninth World Series championship last October and the Boston Celtics and Bruins have proven to be perennial playoff contenders in recent years.
At the height of the granite industry, 129 quarries existed in Maine with 83 considered major operations.
When the new 129th Legislature reconvened, it inherited an economy and state government that is in the best shape in decades.
Last week, the federal government shutdown hit the one month mark. An estimated 800,000 federal workers all across the country are struggling as they are forced to go without their second paycheck in a row. While the state cannot do something for all of the federal workers, we can take action to support Maine federal workers who still have homes to heat, kids to feed and bills to pay.
Well, we certainly saw a swift snow recovery following the big pre-Christmas thaw, with more than two feet falling at Caribou between then and the 11th of January.
This column by the Aroostook County Action Program is meant to give a voice to people in Aroostook County who “Champion Change” — mostly in their own lives, but also in their community. Our hope is that by sharing real stories of people we’ve come to know through our “community action” work, that readers will experience some amount of change within themselves.
This column by the Aroostook County Action Program is meant to give a voice to people in Aroostook County who “Champion Change” — mostly in their own lives, but also in their community. Our hope is that by sharing real stories of people we’ve come to know through our “community action” work, that readers will experience some amount of change within themselves.
