1 year ago
Cemeteries help us understand the past
When someone mentions a cemetery to you, what do you think of? And if they asked you to go walk around in one with them, what would you do?
Opinion
1 year ago
Right to choose
To the editor: I’ve felt the need to write about the current abortion legislation. So far all I’ve read are reasons to be against it or reasons as to why it’s wrong for Maine. But I have seen nothing defending not only this bill, but the women that it is meant for.
1 year ago
Please vote on mining project
To the editor: I’m reaching out today to let you know about an upcoming vote at the town office and to give you some insights into what I’ve learned about the Pickett Mountain mining project over the last three years.
1 year ago
This issue needs our opposition
To the editor: “May 1st saw a historic day of turnout in the Maine Legislature for the public hearing of LD1619, “An Act to Improve Maine’s Reproductive Privacy Laws.”
1 year ago
Optimism and Mother’s Day
Opportunity and optimism have started to sprout. One nice thing about living in a four-seasons county is that the attitude transcends the mud and muck of snowmelt. The Star City and its neighborhoods see those first sprouts poke through.
1 year ago
We aren’t defined by bumps in the road
The morning was that milky gray, with random droplets of rain falling clumsily to the earth like heavy particles of mislaid and forgotten glitter. I put my wipers on intermittently, automatically lowering or raising my head in conjunction with the landing of the raindrop.
1 year ago
Genealogy packrats
“A place for everything and everything in its place” is an adage you may have heard. It’s good advice for everyone, including genealogists.
1 year ago
A master of spin
To the editor: I think Joe Biden is the worst president our country has seen in modern times. I also believe in being fair. With that in mind, I set out on a quest to see if I could find something positive amid his many failures. It took less time than I thought to come […]
1 year ago
Let’s be better neighbors
To the editor: In a letter published on March 27, frequent contributor and ruminator, Lou Ouellette, referenced a previous story about an elderly gentleman who had murdered a neighbor’s beloved family dog. He proposed that the author of the article was somehow biased in her approach and painted the elderly gentleman in a bad light; […]
