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Traveling for April vacation? Test for COVID-19 when you get back.

By Jeanne Lambrew As April vacation week begins for Maine students and families, the race between COVID-19 vaccinations and virus variants is in high gear.

The journey toward hope as a health care worker during the COVID-19 pandemic

By Karl-Heinz Spittler MDOn March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.

Addressing flooding at Duvaltex operations in Guilford

To the Editor; My name is Rachael Davis and I am the operations manager at Duvaltex (U.

Construction prices have skyrocketed but don’t blame Maine loggers and landowners

By Dana Doran In late February, the National Association of Home Builders reported lumber prices in this country had skyrocketed more than 180 percent since April of 2020.

It’s time to reform Maine’s emergency laws to restore balance of power

By Matthew Gagnon On Feb.

Thank U.S. Sen. Collins for helping maintain tip credit

To the Editor; Five years ago Maine voters passed a minimum wage hike through a referendum.

Getting vaccinated was easy. I actually look forward to the return trip.

By David Farmer My work life restarted in Maine in 2003 when I took a job on the copy desk of the Sun Journal in Lewiston after relocating from Washington, D.

Wild turkeys abound as hunting season approaches

Support LD1075

To the Editor; As a teacher, I understand the value of establishing clear assessment criteria to measure a college student’s competency as they prepare for teacher certification.

Need for Maine Service Fellows

To the Editor; We need to mobilize to recover from disaster, not just the devastation of the pandemic but the devastation of our civic life that has been under assault for decades.

To enjoy Maine’s outdoors, be sure you’re prepared for what can go wrong

By BDN Editorial Board Maine Game Wardens were involved in the rescues of two hiking parties on Saturday, April 3.

Baseball’s All Star Game is moving based on falsehoods about Georgia election law

By Matthew Gagnon It is pretty difficult for me to describe to people just how much I love the game of baseball.

Vaccine priority response

To the Editor; I read with interest the BDN editorial board’s viewpoint regarding vaccine priority for those at-risk people regardless of age.

When disaster strikes, you will wish you had a life jacket

By Jim Fahey My first assignment as a game warden was to the Caribou District in 1994.

Monday internet outage reinforces importance of broadband

By David Farmer The first indication of a problem was the spinning wheel of death when I tried to attach a document to a work email on Monday afternoon.

Confusing dates

By Nancy Battick Even experienced genealogists are sometimes confused and frustrated by issues with dating.

We can succeed together

To the Editor; Our country and our county are now at a critical point in our battle against COVID-19.

Some good news from the American Rescue Plan

To the Editor; Here is some good news for our state, from Washington.

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