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

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?