To the Editor; I suppose it’s necessary for newspapers to print conservative viewpoints on their opinion page.

To the Editor; As we come to the end of the very unique and challenging year of 2020 in RSU 68, I would like to share a few words of appreciation.

By Matthew Gagnon With the year we are having, people everywhere are turning to the warm, comforting embrace of tradition to get them through the tough times.

Photo courtesy of Monson Historical Society REMEMBERING 90 YEARS LATER — On Dec.

Grade 12, highest honors: Willow Sandy; high honors: Kyle Bagley, Cassie Chambers, Nathan Durbridge, Elizabeth Gray, Meagan Lemieux, Justin Lonergan, Max Richards and Nick Sweeney; honors: Corinne Libby, Isaiah Conary, Cole Desjardins, Sonya Hannan and Ted Taylor.

PORTLAND — Maine parishes are offering a wide range of opportunities for parishioners to stay connected in this very different Christmas season, including in person and livestreamed Masses on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day as well as the distribution of Holy Communion outside of Mass.

By David Farmer The proposition was one of those that’s hard to decipher — was it real or was it a satirical comment on the times? After four years of a President Donald Trump, is there even such a thing as satire any longer? “We could meet in the Civic Center parking lot in Augusta and exchange gifts,” was the idea floated.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff When Grace Chase first conceptualized Santa Claus and his nine galloping reindeer — including Rudolph — gliding through the holiday season in front of Foxcroft Academy in the early 1950s, the former longtime school secretary couldn’t have anticipated her idea’s staying power.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff This story will be updated.

By George Smith I always loved fishing with my kids and grandkids.