By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Greenville resident Jim Plourde had never seen the 196-pound deer that walked into his shooting lane on opening morning of Maine’s regular archery season.

WESTBROOK – Maine credit unions are once again asking for the public’s help this October to provide food for neighbors in need through the 7th Annual $100,000 Ending Hunger Challenge.

AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Shenna Bellows announced the official launch of Open Access, the Maine State Archives new online platform for publicly accessible, digitized and born-digital public records.

BREWER – Starting at age 40, women can schedule a screening mammogram without a referral.

PORTLAND — The Malone Family Land Preservation Foundation and the Appalachian Mountain Club announced that Steve Tatko will join The Malone Family Land Preservation Foundation as vice president of the Northeast Region, following nearly 15 years of conservation, forestry, land management and outdoor recreation work with AMC.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Partners for Peace, the domestic violence resource center for Penobscot and Piscataquis counties, has several events and opportunities for the community to get involved.

To the Editor; Since taking office, President Donald Trump has had all three branches of government on his side, so he could have gotten anything he wanted done.

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By Al Raychard Deer hunters like an edge, an advantage that increases the chances of success, if only slightly.

To the Editor; Our jail system in Penobscot County costs taxpayers millions but does not seem to make us safer.

By Marc McDonald After a hiatus of a few years, I returned to the West Branch of the Penobscot River with Robert, my fishing partner, in late September.

To the Editor; Once again, as in the other rare instances the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts has ruled against President Donald Trump, a judgment emerges along a torturous manipulation of limited scope that side-steps the real issue being addressed.