By David Farmer During the summer of the seventh grade, I was riding my bike with a friend in a neighborhood that wasn’t my own.

To the Editor; The Bangor Auditorium always held a unique place in Maine basketball culture.

By Paul Stearns For those folks that are mortified about the possible dissolution of the federal Department of Education please consider these facts and keep an open mind.

By Tim Obrey, Moosehead Lake Region regional fisheries supervisor About six years ago, we started getting a few reports from different anglers that the salmon fishing in Harrington Lake was in poor shape.

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To the Editor; My spouse Judy and I were in Dover-Foxcroft on Feb.

By Nancy Battick Will you be traveling for genealogical research or tourism this year? Genealogists often want to visit their ancestral homelands or long to visit libraries or archives.

By Karissa Niehoff and Michael Burnham If you’re a fan of high school sports, we need to talk.

By Robyn Rich As we mark Maine’s February Read to ME Challenge and Read Across America Day in March, it seems to me that the habit of reading, reading for pleasure or reading to learn, is getting lost in the age of digital information.

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By Bob Mallard It has been nearly four years since Maine outdoors icon George Smith died.

To the Editor; We had a plan, we had the funds, now we don’t.

By Jim Lemieux Physical fitness is a top focus for Americans in 2025.

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By Bob Duchesne Canada jays are smart enough to go to college, except that they never leave the northern forest.

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By Aislinn Sarnacki Skiing across Moosehead Lake, I imagined the blowing snow to be sand.