3 years ago Finding time to enjoy the outdoors when life gets in the way By John Holyoke For nearly two decades as the outdoors writer at the Bangor Daily News, I traveled thousands of miles and wrote hundreds of columns and stories about wild places, wild animals and wild adventures – both mine, and those enjoyed by others.
3 years ago Genealogy goals By Nancy Battick It hardly seems possible that 2021 is coming to a swift end.
3 years ago Enes Kanter Freedom is an athlete whose activism I can support, off the court By Matthew Gagnon Enes Kanter Freedom might be the most interesting player in the NBA, and he just so happens to be on the hometown team around here, the Boston Celtics.
3 years ago Jared Golden wants to raise taxes on people like me. He’s right. By Justin Alfond One of my late grandfather’s favorite sayings was: “If you keep chopping wood, pretty soon there will be a pile.
3 years ago Winter hiking provides the best opportunities for adventures in the wild By Anthony Emerson December is here, and soon snow will fall and accumulate in amounts that must be measured in feet.
3 years ago 10 bold predictions for 2022 By Matthew Gagnon The predictions game is a difficult one, but a lot of fun.
3 years ago Killing and processing a deer deepens connections to age-old hunting traditions By Christi Holmes I knew it was dead.
3 years ago Fixing errors By Nancy Battick Have you ever run across an error in a vital record? A misspelled name or a wrong date, perhaps? You know there’s an error but is there anything you can do about it? The answer is maybe.
3 years ago Maine should use its revenue surplus to lower taxes By Matthew Gagnon Maine received word of an early Christmas present last week, when state revenue forecasters announced that updated projections showed that Maine will have an additional $822 million in revenue to play with during the current biennium.
3 years ago RSU 68 superintendent asks for support with central office referendum By Stacy Shorey, RSU 68 superintendent RSU 68 has been fortunate to receive $1.
3 years ago Democrats can’t be the party of both the working and the millionaire classes By Jared Golden For years, Democrats have made promises to American voters: Elect us, and we will lower the cost of prescription drugs.
3 years ago Federal funds can be better spent on services, not expanding Penobscot County Jail By Julia Norman Penobscot County will receive nearly $30 million in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan.
3 years ago 6 people are dead in Waukesha because leaders were soft on crime By Matthew Gagnon In early November, a woman filed a criminal complaint against Darrell Brooks, Jr.