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Giving thanks for a miserable year

By Matthew Gagnon This is a time of unparalleled division in America, yet there is one thing that virtually every single person you meet will agree on: 2020 has been the most miserable year ever.

Happy Thanksgiving: Don’t break a leg

By David Farmer Like many families, we won’t be traveling for Thanksgiving this year.

Sharing ancestors

By Nancy Battick If you’re new to genealogy you may expect to find uncomplicated paths to your ancestors with new grandparents in each generation.

Why I’m not going to Parler

By Matthew Gagnon It was fascinating to watch, really.

Job of redrawing Maine political districts awaits new Legislature

By David Farmer By this summer, a whole lot of Maine people are going to move.

Political polls should never be trusted again

By Matthew Gagnon Prior to Election Day 2016, predictions of an impending Hillary Clinton victory were nearly universal, and those predictions were built on the preponderance of publicly available polling.

Working together to slow COVID-19 in Penobscot County

By Rand O’Leary and Lori Dwyer We need your help.

COVID strikes back

By David Farmer We can’t be trusted – not even when it comes to acting in our own self-interest and well-being.

Maine Senate Republicans elect new leaders

Maine Senate Republicans elected their caucus leaders for the 130th Maine Legislature that convenes for the first time on Dec.

The tales school records can tell

By Nancy Battick In the first half of the 20th century most people graduated from eighth grade and went to work.

Money doesn’t buy a Senate seat

By Matthew Gagnon On Tuesday evening, Maine sent a powerful message to the nation: We cannot be bought.

Why I’m cautiously optimistic the day after Election Day

By David Farmer Waking up on Election Day, like a lot of Democrats I allowed myself to entertain an easy election night.

A Maine sportsman’s Election Day reflections

By James Cote As I sit in my home office this Election Day morning, drinking coffee and watching the snow fly outside my window, I realize the world is about to be consumed with even more “noise” than usual.

Funding for education is vital now more than ever

By Joseph Hennessey Though I used the term frequently throughout my year of service and public platform as Maine’s 2019 teacher of the year, “essential public service” has taken on different meaning since the COVID-19 pandemic has taken root in the United States.

No matter how you vote, we’ve got you protected

Yankee ingenuity will get America through the pandemic

By Peter Vigue and Timothy Templet Doom and gloom.

Susan Collins is who she has always been, and deserves reelection

By Matthew Gagnon “Susan Collins hasn’t changed, but sadly politics has.

As election nears, campaign workers remain optimists

By David Farmer The last week of an election is a rollercoaster of emotions — especially if you work on campaigns.

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