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Ah winter, nature’s waiting room between fall and mud season. Luckily, living
in Aroostook County provides plenty of opportunity to enjoy this cold and snowy
time of year, a couple of which we will focus on in this issue. Welcome to our third
issue. Has it really been three already? We continue to be amazed and grateful for
the support you have all given us this past year and we hope you will continue to take
this publishing journey with us in 2010.
With a new year comes change and we certainly have a few in store
starting with this edition. We have changed our previous ‘Local Artists’ section
from something that we contained in its own section, to including more of
our contributors’ great work throughout the issue itself. On the subject of our
contributors, we have decided to list them all together in the front of the magazine.
The contributors really help make Our Maine Street what it is today, and we feel they
should all have pride of place with our magazine staff. Our staff has gone through
some changes as well over the recent months. Bernie has left the magazine to pursue
other endeavors. We really believe in this publication showcasing The County, and
plan on being here for years to come. Another slight change, an issue overdue, is the
listing of Holly Hardwick as our Staff Illustrator. While she isn’t in the office with
us, she is never far away and always willing to help out. She is an amazing asset to
Our Maine Street, and we wanted to reflect that in our credits.
With the official business out of the way, we turn to our features this issue.
Our first feature highlights an exciting winter event, the USSA XC Junior Olympics
being held at the Nordic Heritage Center in Presque Isle. We hope everyone will
support the athletes and volunteers that make an event such as this possible in The
County. Our second feature takes us for a walk down memory lane as we look
back at 85 years of Cary Medical Center and the changes it has undergone since its
creation. Finally, our third feature serves as a wonderful introduction to the world
of birding here in Aroostook County. I know I will never look at the crowds around
my bird feeder in quite the same way again. We hope you will enjoy this issue and
we will see you again when the ice and snow start to melt.
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WINTER 2010
Craig Cormier
Our Maine Street Magazine
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