By Nicole Ogrysko, Maine Public Bob Bragdon had high hopes for the season, because he used a new planting technique this year to drop Christmas tree seedlings into the ground on his farm in Wells.

LEE — Foxcroft Academy’s Runner Jarrett came in fifth at the Lee Invitational on Sept.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff  The National Rifle Association gave former U.

To the Editor; No matter how large the bear, or who pulls the trigger, killing a bear that has been conditioned to come to a barrel of rotted food from a nearby blind is not in any way laudable, sporting, ethical or even deserving of the name hunting.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Hunters of a certain age will remember the “Trail Timer.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Every year, the GFWC/Miosac has a potluck before our first meeting in October.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff Not all that long ago, artist and University of Maine professor Susan Smith hadn’t heard the acronym that most Mainers are now all too familiar with: PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” the compounds that have contaminated soil and water across the country, and which have only garnered widespread public attention in recent years.

To the Editor; Matthew Gagnon, in his Aug.

By Matthew Gagnon One of the beautiful things about getting older, for me, has also been something rather humbling: the realization that I don’t really know all that much.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Large-scale power outages are becoming more common across the country and in Maine as extreme weather, stoked by a warming climate, knocks out electricity to wider swaths of people.