By Matthew Gagnon “Bring it on.

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By Dawn McLaughlin The words do your job were made famous by the New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and have been said over and over again in regards to getting a win by doing your job.

By Matthew Gagnon Over the weekend, Israel was shattered by a series of vicious, unexpected attacks by the militant terrorist organization Hamas.

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By Nancy Battick Is there a Fille du Roi in your family tree? If you have French-Canadian ancestry, the odds are strong that there is at least one or more of these Daughters of the King in your family.

By Christopher Borgatti I recently came across an op-ed penned by V.

By Jen Brophy and Igor Sikorsky As longtime owners of sporting camps in Maine, we know the deep connection that a clean and healthy environment has to the state’s economic success.

By Matthew Gagnon There are, as I’ve noted before, a lot of referendums on your ballot this year.

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By Bob Mallard In August, I publicly endorsed the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s proposal to prohibit bass tournaments in the North Zone.

By Matthew Gagnon Here we are again, living through another tortuous Groundhog Day of grandstanding political incompetence, and all of us are going to be made to suffer through watching it again.

By Nancy Battick In the past I’ve debunked the claim that names were changed at Ellis Island.

By BDN Editorial Board The weather this summer wasn’t always perfect.

By Sarah Sindo Do you ever find yourself skipping a local hike because you assume it’s popular and will be crowded? That’s how I felt about a local Ice Caves Trail hike.

By Matthew Gagnon The city of Portland has a bit of a branding problem, for obvious reasons, and it is affecting the bottom line.

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By Nancy Battick Recently I chanced upon what I call the Case of the Missing Death Certificate.