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Great migration directory

By Nancy Battick Many genealogists know the work of the late Robert Charles Anderson.

Thoughts from Minnie at the PACC

By Minnie McCormick May baskets, a thing of the past? Not at the Piscataquis Area Community Center with Minnie McCormick.

How I find moose calves in the Maine woods every spring

By Ethan Eisenhaur Springtime in the Maine woods is a busy season full of new life, and one of the first animals I try to capture with my cameras is moose calves.

This month is made for financial literacy. Let’s all take advantage.

By Mindy Nyman April is National Financial Literacy Month, reminding us all to take our financial health seriously.

Maine’s wildlife commissioner stepped down early. Why it matters.

Reelect Davis as county commissioner

To the Editor; I can’t think of anyone who has done more and sacrificed more for Piscataquis County than Paul Davis.

Matt Dunlap models values Christ calls us to live by

To the Editor; As a pastor, gun owner, selectman and multi-generational Mainer, I believe 2026 calls us to decide what kind of people we want to be.

There are better alternatives to a new Penobscot County Jail

To the Editor; On March 24, No Penobscot County Jail Expansion held a community classroom about the proposal for a larger jail in Penobscot County.

A budget that invests in Maine people

I’m paying more for gas because of Donald Trump

To the Editor; In the past, whenever the price of gasoline would go up and folks would blame the increase on the incumbent president, I would tell them that presidents have no direct influence on gasoline prices.

Genealogy spring cleaning

By Nancy Battick In years past, our grandmothers were itching to begin spring cleaning, after being shut in all winter and heating with wood or coal.

The survival food in ‘Lost on a Mountain in Maine’ is real. But should you eat it?

By Anne Favolise There is a scene in the movie “Lost on a Mountain in Maine” where Luke David Blumm, who plays the young, lost and hungry Donn Fendler, picks something off a boulder to eat as he wanders through the forest below Mount Katahdin.

‘Together in Community, United in Song’

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Central Hall Commons resounded with music, laughter and applause during the Piscataquis Democrats’ event “Together in Community, United in Song” that took place on the afternoon of April 12.

We need leaders who understand rural Maine

To the Editor; Living and working and owning a small business in Piscataquis or Penobscot County, you see up close how much pressure people are under right now.

These Maine towns are the best places to hunt spring turkeys

By Al Raychard Maine has no shortage of wild turkeys.

Smelts are running

This Texas hike revealed a surprising connection to Maine’s mountains

By Carey Kish Standing on a mountain in West Texas, I wasn’t expecting to think about Maine.

Protecting Maine people from the harmful impacts of medical debt

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