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By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor People actually plan their vacations to Maine around black fly season.

By Nancy Battick Search engines and the search feature on genealogical websites are invaluable to genealogists.

By Joyce Bucciantini, AARP Maine community outreach volunteer Maine is often described as one big, small town where people are eager to lend a helping hand.

By Jo Easton On the surface, an impact report is a rather self-congratulatory exercise.

By Paul Davis Maine is at a crossroad, not too dissimilar to the one we were at in 2010 at the end of Gov.

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By Sean Hadley Many residents may know me from my previous campaigns for selectman and from my three years of service on the county budget committee.

By Stacy Shorey, RSU 68 superintendent To the residents of Sebec, Dover-Foxcroft, Monson and Charleston as another academic year concludes, I am pleased to present the annual budget letter for RSU 68.

By Deb Plowman Maine voters elected me to the Maine state Senate because they trusted me to fight for conservative values and deliver real results for families across our state.

By Nancy Battick Roots Tech, the world’s largest family history celebration, has now ended, but you still have time to access many of the sessions online for free.

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PORTLAND — Piscataquis County Democrats were well represented at the Maine Democratic Convention at Thompson’s Point in Portland on May 1-2.

By Al Raychard My father wasn’t much of a fisherman, but he must have wet a line or two at some point during his youth because he seemed to know a little about it on our rare outings.

By Chrissy Hart, League of Women Voters of Maine executive director Maine’s primaries will be held on June 9 — less than five weeks from today.

By Greg Burr Wild lake trout can live more than 30 years, with some reaching 40 years or older.

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By Joyce Bucciantini, AARP Maine community outreach volunteer Growing up, my childhood vacations were always road trips to visit my grandparents.