By Jared Golden, D-Maine Whether it’s our first responders, servicemembers, schoolteachers, or any one of the other selfless jobs Mainers fill every day, public servants make countless sacrifices in pursuit of the same mission: to serve the common good.

By Matthew Gagnon The second legislative session of Maine’s 131st Legislature has now, mercifully concluded.

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By Nancy Battick One thing most genealogists will encounter in their research is what Victorians would refer to as a “delicate matter.

Austin Theriault, R-Fort Kent t kicked off his 11-county Maine Small Business Showcase tour in Piscataquis County on May 14.

By Matthew Gagnon We all live with regrets, even those of us who like to claim that we don’t.

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By Thompson Free Library Director Jon Knepp The digital archive maintained by the Thompson Free Library and the Dover-Foxcroft Historical Society (found at https://doverfoxcroft.

By Chris Sargent I can’t begin to count how often I heard it during my time with the Maine Warden Service.

By Anne Gass and Sue Mackey Andrews The gender wage gap is alive and well — and it is not something that Maine women are “choosing.

By Matthew Gagnon Very rarely do I get to compliment Gov.

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By Nancy Battick You’ve undoubtedly used newspapers in your genealogical research for articles on major life events such as marriages or obituaries.

By Matthew Gagnon Earlier this month, biomedical engineering student Asna Tabassum, this year’s class valedictorian at the University of Southern California, was informed that she would not be allowed to make the traditional address to her graduating class.

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By Irv Williams Maine was in the national spotlight on April 8 when the total eclipse of the sun occurred in a swath measuring 115 miles wide swept through the state from border to border.

By Matthew Gagnon For the last five years, the Maine state government has seemingly been on a mission to spend as much money as humanly possible.

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