Jill Packard News Today

I'm not one to write about medical stuff and while this was medical, it's really about customer/patient care. I recently had to have a procedure. That's what they call it. It involved day surgery, but there was no surgery. They decide the terms, not...

The lobster gig was good, but I wanted to haul trailers. My license would only let me drive a straight truck and there were no truck driving schools back then. I had met an owner operator who hauled poultry to the Boston area and produce back to...

In the current environment of almost everyone being angry, I cannot get excited about having a conversation about current events. But, I thought people might find it interesting to hear what truck-driving life was like back in the day. If there’s...

I get together with a group for coffee and most of us are around the same age. We discuss politics, local, state and national and the weather and news, but we also talk about strange stuff. Things like the price of chicken. Or potatoes. And how many...

If you’re reading this, I’m back. I don’t have the final say on what you read in the Pilot. That pandemic thing was troublesome. Is it over, or morphed to a non-pandemic, or exactly what is the deal? Supermarket aisles are two-way and the six-foot...

Everyone is invited to don their best witch costumes and walk from Brewer to Bangor in order to take part in the Witch Dance.

Everyone is invited to don their best witch costumes and walk from Brewer to Bangor in order to take part in the Witch Dance.

The most important thing we all have is time. If you read this to the end, you will never get that time back. Whether my words are worth your time or not, the time is gone. The pandemic has caused me to think more about time and experiences. We’ve...

Well. I’m back. Did you miss me? That rascally Covid thing messed some things up, but here we are. Hope you’re well. This thing has been something, hasn’t it? The virus seems to be going along, doing its thing while all sorts of things have been put...