By Alexander MacDougall This is my last issue with the Houlton Pioneer Times, as I return to my home state of Massachusetts to start the next phase in my career. The past year and a half spent up here have been interesting, to say the least. I came to Houlton fresh out of grad […]
On Nov. 11, 2021, Veterans Day, I will be 97 years of age, uncommonly blessed to have lived through exactly one-third of the history of this glorious republic. I lived on Academy Street [in Presque Isle] in 1953-54, and am a charter member of the Presque Isle Country Club. I lived on Loring AFB from […]
As the days grow shorter and the holiday season begins, thoughts inevitably turn to the empty spots at tables. Friends and family have all embarked on journeys which we, the living, cannot make at this time. While sad, it is also a time of joy. A stray thought, an image, an old picture, bring to […]
To the editor: I’ve been thinking, and maybe some of you would agree, that Presque Isle should change its slogan from Star City to Drug City, or maybe Pot City. Seriously, it’s wonderful to have the Main Street store fronts full, but do we really need seven stores on Main Street that sell cannabis? […]
International Hat Day is Nov. 25. I suppose there are a few of us still around who remember our grandmothers wearing hats to church. Hats have long been important to society. Of course, one reason is that they were (and still are) practical for many things. Hats keep the sun or rain off of our […]
November arrives with early dusk, bare trees, brown lawns and leaves that crunch unkindly beneath our feet. We glance back over our shoulders at the summer we may have taken for granted as we slide into mid-autumn and the guaranteed winter that lurks — ready to pounce at any moment with snow, ice and bitter […]
November is Historic Bridge Awareness Month. Today with modern transportation, we often take the very existence of bridges for granted. Try to imagine what it must have been like for early settlers in the Presque Isle area alone where we were bounded on the west of the village by the stream and on the north and east by the Aroostook River.
I love being in the woods. This is something I have just recently discovered, by the way.
As a child, exploring the wooded area surrounding my grandmother’s home, I took every tree, wildflower, and small forest creature for granted.
Maine people should be the ones who set the political agenda in Augusta and D.C., not well-paid lobbyists, special interests or political hacks. But we know that this isn’t always the case.
Ducks — do not stop for the ducks. A new sign in the walking path area of A.R. Gould Hospital asks drivers not to stop for the ducks. This year, the fecundity of waterfowl in the duck pond has been very notable. What to do about the ducks?
