By Eloise Hale Since moving from North Carolina to Maine, I’ve learned — sometimes the hard way — that things just happen here.

By David Winslow The recent Bangor Daily News article describing Penobscot County as “a freight train ready to crash” should concern every taxpayer.

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By Hazel Stark Looking down past the white toes of my figure skates, I saw movement under the ice that wasn’t just the flowing vegetation.

By Aislinn Sarnacki When I was a little girl, I learned that no two snowflakes are alike.

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At the September meeting of the Wassebec Genealogical Society, Ethan Annis of the Lary Funeral Home spoke about trends regarding funerals.

By Bob Duchesne By Thanksgiving, I figured my local bears were done tearing up bird feeders in my neighborhood.

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By Matt Dunlap All of us are called to serve.

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By Joyce Bucciantini, AARP Maine community outreach volunteer A few weeks ago, a friend was describing his day spent stacking wood at his community’s wood bank.

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By Geoffrey Gratwick, MD Maine’s health care system is in a death spiral.

Contributed photoFOOD PANTRY DONATIONS — The Southeast Piscataquis Regional Democrats want to thank the management of Tradewinds Market in Milo and their customers for allowing us to spend four hours outside on a cold Nov.

By Nancy Battick Poor farms or town farms were rural New England’s way of caring for indigent people before today’s welfare and Social Security were created.

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By Aislinn Sarnacki Because I’m such an avid hiker, people often ask me if I’ve run out of new trails to explore in my home state of Maine, and the answer is a resounding “no.