Between now and Feb. 4, citizens in communities all over Maine are collecting signatures from registered voters to create a “People's Veto Referendum” for our ranked-choice voting law that was passed by referendum in November 2016 but suppressed by the governor and legislature over this past year.

The first time I heard the term "net neutrality" was in the fall of 2008. I was working for a marketing agency that did public affairs work, and we had a client who was involved in the issue, which was beginning to gain some traction in Washington.

Throughout Maine, old mills are empty, idle, and crumbling. Or they're converted to apartments, shops, and museums. Mostly, Maine's mills are ghosts of the era when textile, shoe, and lumber mills were Maine's largest employers.

A LITTLE BIT OF ICE -- A thin layer of ice coats Little Lake Wassookeag by the Dexter Public Beach & Recreation Area shortly before sunset on the first day of December. Soon the body of water will be dotted with ice fishing shacks and crisscrossed with snowmobile tracks.

Dexter Regional High School is proud to announce the four honorees selected by the faculty as "Students of the Month" for October.

Between now and Feb. 4, citizens in communities all over Maine are collecting signatures from registered voters to create a “People's Veto Referendum” for our ranked-choice voting law that was passed by referendum in November 2016 but suppressed by the governor and legislature over this past year.

The Abbot Historical Society is pleased to announce the publication of its newest book "Calendar Photo Book-People and Places In and Around Abbot, Maine."

Sen. Paul Davis, R-Piscataquis (pictured right) and Rep. Norm Higgins, I-Dover-Foxcroft had the honor of congratulating Foxcroft Academy boys soccer and wrestling head coach Luis Ayala at a school assembly on Nov. 11 where Ayala was formally recognized as the U.S. Cellular Most Valuable Coach.

A quartet of northern Maine sportswriters and broadcasters, including two with ties to the Bangor Daily News who both have contributed to the Piscataquis Observer over the years, have been recognized as finalists for the Maine sportswriter and sportscaster of the year awards given by the National Sports Media Association

I’m having a hard time understanding why Congress is rushing through tax cuts that will cost $100 billion each year (benefiting few if any of my neighbors here), while denying $800 per year to each of nine million poor kids (many of whom are probably children of my neighbors here).