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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.

The ice shack evolution

Our communities need a strong Northern Light Health

By Miles Theeman Once upon a time, there was a hospital that could! In the last half century, Eastern Maine General Hospital grew into Eastern Maine Medical Center, Eastern Maine Healthcare, Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems and now Northern Light Health.

Maine must speed up transition to public defender system

By Ryan Williams In January, a Maine judge found the independent state agency that operates public defense had violated state criminal defendants’ right to a lawyer.

How tree bark can lift your spirits

By Aislinn Sarnacki Have you ever noticed how much tree bark varies in texture, color and pattern? If your answer is “no,” I understand.

AARP Maine’s News You Can Use

By Joyce Bucciantini, AARP Maine community outreach volunteer The Maine Legislature is in full swing.

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