2 years ago House should pass Inflation Reduction Act to help seniors By Noel Bonam The hopeful eyes of seniors all across Maine are focused on Congress right now.
2 years ago MRC needs to learn from Cate Street mistake To the Editor; I want to thank reporter Sawyer Loftus for the excellent article “Company helping restart Hampden trash plant has roots in failed Katahdin-area investor” in the Aug.
2 years ago Important supplies for diabetic students To the Editor; As we prepare for another school year, it is imperative that the state’s K-12 schools have ready-to-use glucagon among their medical supplies.
2 years ago Hey Bangor, rent control doesn’t work By Matthew Gagnon It is the old, terrible and universally rejected idea that simply refuses to die.
2 years ago Maine’s broadband revolution requires cooperation By Andrew Butcher Maine is at the precipice of a broadband revolution.
2 years ago Census pitfalls By Nancy Battick All genealogists avidly use the census for information about their ancestors.
2 years ago This is the perfect time to jig for deep-water lake trout By Leighton Wass Summertime fishing for togue, or lakers as they are called outside of Maine, has evolved over the years from trolling with metal lines (braided copper and monel) to lead core lines, and finally to downriggers.
2 years ago We need more community services, not jail cells To the Editor; I oppose a proposed multimillion dollar expansion of the Penobscot County Jail.
2 years ago Invest in people, not a bigger jail To the Editor; People across Maine should be very concerned about a proposal to greatly expand the number of beds in Penobscot County Jail.
2 years ago Good for Nancy Pelosi for going to Taiwan By Matthew Gagnon My opinion of Speaker Nancy Pelosi is, to put it mildly, negative.
2 years ago Penobscot County needs more treatment, not incarceration To the Editor; Say no to a jail expansion of Penobscot County Jail.
2 years ago Court backlogs hurt defendants, victims and taxpayers — and they may violate the Constitution By BDN Editorial Board The backlog of criminal cases in Washington County is so bad that it could take 15 years to resolve it, according to one lawyer’s calculations.
2 years ago A recession by any other name By Matthew Gagnon There’s an old saying in politics, “if you’re explaining, you’re losing.