By Matthew Gagnon For most of the past year in casual conversations among Maine politicos, the consensus has been that the impending gubernatorial contest between Janet Mills and Paul LePage would be very close.

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By Nancy Battick My husband and I recently re-watched a BBC production called “Blood of the Vikings.

By Bob Duchesne Maybe Mother Nature is trying to tell us something.

By Matthew Gagnon As a general rule, I love banned books.

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By Chris Sargent I can still vividly recall my first deer hunt.

By Aislinn Sarnacki Katahdin, Maine’s tallest peak, has long been a source of awe and adoration.

By Matthew Gagnon One of the beautiful things about getting older, for me, has also been something rather humbling: the realization that I don’t really know all that much.

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By Nancy Battick Do you have Welsh ancestry? Many who do haven’t tried to do much research in Welsh records.

By Matthew Gagnon Last week, former governor of Alaska and vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin lost her bid to return to prominence after seeking Alaska’s sole congressional seat.

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By Joseph Hennessey A common fallacy that the general public holds is that teachers and other public servants in education only work nine or 10 months out of the year.

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By Matthew Gagnon Let’s start with the obvious: absolutely no one is happy about the current state of college affordability, and no one is happy with America’s student loan racket.

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