Opinion
1 year ago
Filles du Roi
Is there a Fille du Roi in your family tree? If you have French-Canadian ancestry, the odds are strong that there is at least one or more of these Daughters of the King in your family.
1 year ago
Pickett Mountain mine would be destructive
To the editor:
I am writing to lament the mining operation proposed by Canada-based Wolfden Resources at Pickett Mountain, and to urge the LUPC to deny Wolfden’s rezoning request.
1 year ago
Make your voice heard on mine
To the editor:
Wolfden Resources Corporation is a Canadian mining company with land zoned as a “protection district” near Mount Chase, the North Gate of Baxter State Park, and the entrance to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.
1 year ago
Maine cannot afford to not invest now in its public university infrastructure
For decades, the University of Maine System has seriously underinvested in its statewide physical plant. More than half of academic spaces and three-quarters of residence halls have not undergone real renovation since students used slide rules.
1 year ago
Volunteers: the good and the bad
Recently several Canopy Crew members assessed what needs to be done to give the landscaping in front of the museum/chamber building on Main Street a facelift.
1 year ago
Mine wouldn’t be good for Pickett Mountain
To the editor:
As a citizen of Houlton, I am very concerned about the application of Wolfden Resources of Canada to Maine’s Land Use Planning Commission to rezone land on Pickett Mountain to allow a metallic mineral mine.
1 year ago
Ya pu grand monde
Le monde change sous nos yeux, tu sais. Quand j’t’ais un jeune homme a Grand Isle j’me r’semble que l’monde étais plusse débrouillard qu’asteur, you know?
