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I have the best job at the BDN. Replace me.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Outdoors is a beat that almost no other paper in the country has.

Lawmakers should change the pay law that’s hurting rural Maine

By Ryan Knapp Maine’s rural communities are special places.

Moosehead Lake Region fishing report

By Tim Obrey, Moosehead Lake Region regional fisheries supervisor From time to time, we report information about how many fish are harvested or how many fish we would like to see harvested and occasionally we are asked how exactly we come up with those numbers.

Moose lottery opens

Tracing adoptions in your family tree

By Nancy Battick For many years obtaining copies of adoption records was impossible.

The 340B drug pricing program is a lifeline for Maine’s struggling health care providers

By Matthew Marston and Meagan Rusby Providing health care in Maine has never been more challenging.

From school lunches to farm fields, federal actions are harming Mainers

By Sarah Alexander and Justin Strasburger There is no doubt that just two months into the new administration, decisions made from a distance in Washington, D.

This Public Health Week, let’s take screening and testing seriously

By Virginia Templet April 7 marks the start of National Public Health Week, which has brought public health to the national consciousness for three decades.

April 1 is a great day for hunters and fishermen

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff If you love hunting or fishing or both, April 1 is a good day for you.

AARP Maine’s News You Can Use

By Joyce Bucciantini, AARP Maine community outreach volunteer As sure as April showers bring May flowers, warmer weather brings our minds to summer vacations and travel.

LUPC legislation: Goodbye local control

Have you ever seen a woodpecker nesting tree?

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff As many hours as I have spent in the woods over the years, I have never seen a woodpecker nesting tree like the one I recently saw behind my neighbor’s house.

Protest in Milo

Contributed photoPROTEST — On Saturday, March 29 about 60 people in southern Piscataquis County gathered in Milo to peacefully protest a variety of President Donald Trump’s policies.

The heydays at Branch Lake

What makes a good genealogist

By Nancy Battick Ever wonder what traits it takes to make a good genealogist? There are a few defining characteristics that occur in all the successful ones.

Partnership, between employers and educators, is key to workforce development in Maine

By David Daigler and Bob Shultz Where there is room for growth, there is also opportunity.

A plea for community support for stricter school cell phone policies

By Emilie Throckmorton Throughout my 25 years in the classroom, I have watched approaches to education change, based on new research or evolving recommendations about how best to serve students.

Death of Mr. Maine Brook Trout a true loss to Maine

By Bob Mallard In late January, Maine lost Gary Corson, a wild native brook trout conservationist of unmatched knowledge, accomplishment and influence.

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