3 years ago Slave connections Would you be surprised to learn your New England ancestor owned slaves? In Maine we tend to associate slave owning with large Southern plantations that relied on slave labor to survive economically.
3 years ago Ukraine – A wake-up call To the Editor; Because of the serious situation in our world, the news media is inundated with news coming out of Ukraine.
3 years ago Congress should abandon bills that would make the internet harder to navigate To the Editor; The U.
3 years ago Mills should use budget surplus to lower taxes By Matthew Gagnon Congratulations, you’ve just won the lottery, and come into a substantial pile of money.
3 years ago Don’t close veteran homes To the Editor; I believe closing some of our veterans homes is a slap in the face of the veterans and their families.
3 years ago Response to Gagnon’s recent column To the Editor; Matthew Gagnon’s recent column “White House has mishandled Russia for decades,” narrowly misses calling former President Barack Obama “uppity.
3 years ago Freedom comes with responsibilities To the Editor; Any theater not only has the right, but in my opinion, the responsibility to require their actors to be vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19.
3 years ago The White House has mishandled Russia for decades By Matthew Gagnon The year was 2012, and former President Barack Obama was embroiled in a tough re-election battle with Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
3 years ago Fishing with a game warden, even if he’s a good friend, isn’t always easy By Leighton Wass I’ll never forget my first view of Moosehead Lake as a youngster when topping the hill on Route 15 in Greenville.
3 years ago Buried family secrets By Nancy Battick Family secrets can be buried deep and quite often succeeding generations never knew them.
3 years ago The emerging consensus: Take the masks off our kid By Matthew Gagnon “We need to start talking about off-ramps for disease mitigation strategies in school environments, especially masking.
3 years ago ‘The way life should be’ shouldn’t include a constant fear of change By BDN Editorial Board t feels like we’ve seen this dance many times before.
3 years ago A cold winter hike with a dear friend reinforces the need to resist life’s pressures By Sarah Sindo People older than me always said that with each passing birthday, time and years seemed to speed up.
3 years ago Impressive speech from Janet Mills To the Editor; What a terrific State of the State address Gov.
3 years ago Sangerville Historical Society can over challenges with the community’s help To the Editor; This has been a hard week for the Sangerville Historical Society.