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

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By Tim Obrey, Moosehead Lake region fisheries resource supervisor It’s exciting when we get a chance to really move the needle to improve our understanding of the fisheries in the region.

By Nancy Battick Friends are important to all of us.

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Contributed photoDOVER-FOXCROFT RALLY — Sixty-five people attended a Piscataquis County rally at the East Main Street bridge in Dover-Foxcroft on March 1 including some from neighboring Penobscot towns.

By Nancy Battick Immigration is a hot-button issue, one where people hold strong opinions one way or the other.

By Bob Mallard The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife recently submitted a bill, LD 77, that would increase fishing license fees and create an Inland Fisheries Conservation and Enhancement Fund.

By Pete Warner I was uneasy as the edge of the chair caught me behind the knees, depositing me onto the seat.

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By David Farmer During the summer of the seventh grade, I was riding my bike with a friend in a neighborhood that wasn’t my own.

By Paul Stearns For those folks that are mortified about the possible dissolution of the federal Department of Education please consider these facts and keep an open mind.

By Tim Obrey, Moosehead Lake Region regional fisheries supervisor About six years ago, we started getting a few reports from different anglers that the salmon fishing in Harrington Lake was in poor shape.

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By Nancy Battick Will you be traveling for genealogical research or tourism this year? Genealogists often want to visit their ancestral homelands or long to visit libraries or archives.

By Karissa Niehoff and Michael Burnham If you’re a fan of high school sports, we need to talk.

By Robyn Rich As we mark Maine’s February Read to ME Challenge and Read Across America Day in March, it seems to me that the habit of reading, reading for pleasure or reading to learn, is getting lost in the age of digital information.

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