When I open up social media these days, I often see references to “pandemic pounds” and “quarantine couch calories”, among photos of banana bread and homemade mac and cheese.

I am a registered Republican.

Throughout nearly all of American history, a presidential candidate’s choice of a potential vice president has been among the most irrelevant things in politics.

Since the middle of March, when the coronavirus shut down much of the state and country, there have been many days I don’t get farther away from my house than the mailbox at the end of my driveway.

Dignity is a fleeting thing.

I’ve misplaced many things in my life.

When Verna Murphy was born in 1910 her father listed his occupation as “laborer.

The Facebook post from a popular brewery and restaurant owner in Massachusetts went viral after describing the impossible trap currently faced by many businesses in the hospitality industry.

Maine’s tourism industry could see a 40 percent drop in revenue this year, according to analysis by University of Maine researchers.

Monday, a group calling themselves “America’s Frontline Doctors” staged a press conference outside the steps of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.

A lot of people have now read about the property dispute in Dover-Foxcroft that led to a man sawing his neighbor’s garage in half.

Republicans in the Maine Legislature didn’t offer up a plan to “save the tourism season” on Monday.

In January, the Trump Administration weakened the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 by removing the act’s prohibition against the killing of birds by industrial activities.

The current pandemic has revealed that broadband is the modern-day necessity.

Will the Maine Principals’ Association crown state champions in the high school sports it sponsors this fall amid the continuing coronavirus pandemic?   No one can say for sure yet, but Tuesday was a good day for those prospects for one simple reason — planning for the upcoming season continues.

Last week, the Bangor Daily news reported that Maine was one of only two states nationally where the number of new coronavirus cases were actually declining.

As I wrote in my last column, researching during the pandemic was challenging with the internet the most available source.

In 2017, The Washington Post adopted an official slogan: Democracy Dies in Darkness.