Maud sniffs longer in the winter. Not casually or politely. She lowers her nose to the snow with the intensity of a detective who has just stumbled onto the one detail that explains everything. Her body tightens. Her focus narrows. The rest of the world disappears as she inhales with purpose, tugging me toward snowbanks […]
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Anger has become the background noise of modern life. It hums constantly, sharpens easily, and corrodes quickly. Outrage travels faster than context. Certainty is rewarded more than curiosity. If the 1920s were remembered as the Roaring Twenties, the 2020s may well be recalled as the Raging Twenties—an era shaped by algorithms, saturated with distortion, and […]
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Every December, the Kiwanis Club of Saint Andrews gathers for one of the community’s most cherished traditions: assembling holiday baskets for local seniors, especially those who are widowed or live alone. In the last few years, they have also been joined by their youngest members, the K-Kids, who bring their youthful enthusiasm to the initiative. […]
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In the fluorescent hush of hospital waiting rooms, where beepers break the silence and barely audible talk shows play in the background on TV screens, an 84-year-old artist began to draw. The sketches were quick and wry: porters in a blur, the choreography of chairs, the small absurdities that gather around illness. Nurses photocopied them. […]
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Since she was a puppy, Maud has accompanied us to work at the TV station. What began as a quiet office companion quickly turned into an accidental on-air presence, her head popping up behind the news desk like a rogue sock puppet during a live broadcast. And from there, she became a fixture of CHCO-TV […]
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A remembrance ceremony will soon pay tribute to Union soldiers buried far from the battlefields where they once fought. Hosted by the New Brunswick Historical Society and the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry, Co. I re-enactment group, the ceremony will take place at 1 p.m. on May 24, at the grave of Dr. John F. Stevenson […]
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It is great to have The Courier back. The Saint Croix Courier was a central part of my life in my childhood years and early adulthood. Since then, it was something that I happily took for granted in the 40-plus years since I left my childhood home in St. George – until it dwindled and […]
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