To the Editor; In May of 2025, Hannah Pingree met with a group of affordable housing leaders in Portland.

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By Virginia Templet Maine’s students are back in school.

By Joyce Bucciantini, AARP Maine community outreach volunteer Whether we like it or not, the fall political season is upon us.

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By Nancy Battick I recently had a query regarding unorganized township records.

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To the Editor; Maine’s smallest towns often govern themselves through three person Select Boards, a structure inherited from an era when civic participation was assumed rather than earned and the business of local government was genuinely simpler.

By Al Raychard I always get a little melancholy this time of year.

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To the Editor; An increasing number of our neighbors are struggling to put food on the table as costs continue to rise.

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To the Editor; Joy Barresi Saucier and Noël Bonam’s column on piloting Vietnam’s Intergenerational Self-Help Club model in rural Maine names something urgent: neighbors helping neighbors as infrastructure, not sentiment.

To the Editor; As we approach the November election, Mainers should remember that mental healthcare is healthcare — and our votes should reflect that.

To the Editor; In Piscataquis County, folks are stretched to the limit by rising electricity bills, high home heating costs, and underfunded rural infrastructure.

By Dan Rhodes, High Peaks Alliance volunteer When I talk to friends or colleagues I know from living in big cities about moving to Maine, it still feels like I’m trying to justify my decision as if I’m disclosing some rare disease.

By Nancy Battick Have you inherited old photos of people you don’t recognize?  I recently came across an old formal photo of a young child.