Our View

Our View: Opener Is a Civic Holiday

The opener already governs Misquah more reliably than some ordinances. Businesses plan around it, families return for it, and even people who do not fish know enough to ask how it went.

The question is not whether City Hall should declare a holiday. The town already has. The question is whether we treat that shared ritual with enough care: clean landings, safe roads, and a little grace for anyone backing a trailer under pressure.

Let the opener remain what it is — cold, hopeful, slightly ridiculous, and ours.

Letters to the Editor

From the Mail Slot

• To the Editor: Thank you to the two boys who helped my husband with the trailer lights. You were paid in donuts but deserved more. — Fern K.
• To the Editor: A fish measured in the boat should not shrink at the cleaning table. This is a matter for science. — Anonymous, Whitefish Lake

Letters may be edited for length, clarity, and whether Earl can read the handwriting.