3 years ago Vaccine mandates are wrong approach, especially for health care workers By Matthew Gagnon, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine healthcare workers are fast approaching a hard deadline, where they must get vaccinated or face the prospect of losing their job.
3 years ago Imagine recharging your car where you recharge yourself — at Maine state parks By Anya Fetcher If you’ve spent extensive time outside exploring Maine’s abundant natural beauty in the last year, you’re in good company.
3 years ago Redistricting should be done by a non-partisan commission By Matthew Gagnon Maine’s Apportionment Commission has been on a deadline, and for a while things weren’t looking good.
3 years ago Maine can expect “an excellent fall foliage season” By BDN Editorial Board Just for the record, we’d like to point out that it is still technically summer.
3 years ago Gen. Milley’s claims about Trump shouldn’t be celebrated By Matthew Gagnon Well, he did it again.
3 years ago Avoid the rabbit holes By Nancy Battick One of my college professors wrote ASSUME on the chalkboard and warned us to never assume because “When you assume you make an “ASS” out of “U” and “ME.
3 years ago Hunting license revocations can be harsh In Michigan last fall, a guided elk hunter holding a cow tag accidentally shot a bull elk.
3 years ago Exercise gives our kids a fighting chance By Jake Steinfeld In Maine, 13 percent of kids are considered obese.
3 years ago Maine must do more to ensure the survival of rare Arctic charr By Bob Mallard We aren’t doing everything we can to ensure the survival of Maine’s Arctic charr, the last fish species of its kind in the contiguous United States.
3 years ago New Texas voting law shouldn’t be controversial By Matthew Gagnon Texas has been in the news a lot in the past week, mostly for the law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, and the U.
3 years ago Geezers in the woods rely on gadgetry Many moons ago, when I was a young, eager deer hunter, my woods gear consisted of a rifle, a compass, a knife and some waterproof matches.
3 years ago Recent COVID death stories have no news value By Matthew Gagnon I’ve seen the headline a thousand times in the last few months.