Editorials
In remembrance of potato harvests past
Another day like yesterday. Wake up before dawn. Eat breakfast in the dark, in the silence of the dark before dawn.
BikeMaine is now just days away
It seems like just days rather than seven months ago when the Bicycle Coalition of Maine announced that sixth annual BikeMaine event would be coming to Aroostook County
Small potatoes
Historically speaking, however peculiar our growing season (and 2018 has thus far been a doozy), some crops on a small, diversified farm seem to have a good year.
We need to keep Acadia vibrant
Acadia National Park is the crown jewel of Maine tourism and the economic backbone of the surrounding communities and our state.
Landfill merger means new method for recycling
The Presque Isle Landfill and Tri-Community Landfill in Fort Fairfield will be merging operations effective Jan. 1, 2019. Presque Isle, Caribou, Fort Fairfield, and Limestone will all combine their solid waste infrastructure and be owners of a new entity that will be known as Aroostook Waste Solutions.
Coping with bugs
I’ve seen a few Allagash Wilderness Waterway canoe trips get cut short because people were ill prepared for black flies.
To be or not to be… Storm ready
Well, in the case of the Branson, Missouri, deadly duck boat sinking back on the 19th of July, it was most assuredly “not to be”, as in, not to be Storm Ready.