Editorials

7 years ago

Of TVs and Chekhov

My new radio is fine, except for the sound, which is hollow, and not as good as my small transmitter with a separate little round AUVIO speaker attached.

7 years ago

Listen and learn from noted Maine genealogists

Roxanne Moore Saucier, who authored the genealogical column “Family Ties” in the Bangor Daily News for so many years, once famously referred to Joe Anderson as the “bee’s knees.”

7 years ago

A diner’s cure for cabin fever

The snow keeps falling and the wind howls. It is typical March. Cabin fever cases are reaching abnormal highs with every inch of white powder.

7 years ago

A dream made of ice cream

Palmer’s ice cream and candy store on Market Square was good enough to be a dream, but it was very real.

7 years ago

Astonishing snow squalls

Eleven days ago, on the 10th of March, an incredibly intense snow squall band developed in northeast Aroostook County, and delivered snow squall totals the likes of which I have not seen in my 11-plus years in the County.

7 years ago

Paying it forward

Watching the snow fall this morning brought back memories as well as a recent happening to me.