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By Nancy Battick Do you have German ancestors? It’s estimated that approximately 17 percent of Americans do.

By BDN Editorial Board After a controversial penalty called toward the end of Sunday night’s Super Bowl, armchair referees across the country weighed in with plenty of thoughts and even some outrage.

By Amy Fried After their disappointing election season, Maine Republicans changed leadership last month, selecting leaders who espouse conspiracies, compare vaccines to Nazi war crimes and push culture war issues.

By Matthew Gagnon On Tuesday, Maine Republicans unveiled several bills that were meant to help protect Maine’s embattled lobster industry.

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By Matthew Gagnon One of the most universally supported laws in America is the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which empowers the public to obtain information about what its government is doing.

Surnames can offer genealogical clues.

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By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Contending with the cold is part of ice fishing.

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By Matthew Gagnon On the surface, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and Maine Republican Party Chairwoman Demi Kouzounas are strikingly similar.

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By Timothy Dentry, Northern Light Health president and CEO Northern Light Health recently announced a long-term relationship with Optum, a national leader in information and technology-enabled health services, that will help Northern Light make health care work better for people across Maine.

By Christi Holmes Every winter the antlers from Maine’s male deer and moose drop off and the animal grows a new set.

By Chris Sargent Food preservation can be traced back thousands of years to the time of our Neanderthal ancestors when they began smoking and drying meats to prevent spoilage and be able to cache food for later consumption.

By Matthew Gagnon As the vote tallies came in and the reelection of Gov.