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Let’s expand Maine broadband and make it affordable

1st poll of 2022 election season is bad news for Janet Mills, Democrats

By Matthew Gagnon We have our first meaningful poll of the 2022 election season in Maine, and it shows that — as we all expected — the gubernatorial contest is going to be a dogfight.

Sunday hunting suit could be instructional

I’ve been trolling for salmon for 65 years. Here’s what I’ve learned.

By Leighton Wass Yes, I am a fly fisherman, but hold your horses folks, because I also troll and even (gasp) use bait at times to seduce fish.

Unplugging for another camping season at Big Eddy takes me back in time

By Sarah Sindo The truck tires leave the smooth pavement of Route 11 and, upon turning onto the Golden Road, a front tire immediately sinks into an unavoidable pothole.

1950 census search

The 1950 census was released April 1 on the website of the National Archives (NARA) at www.

Supreme Court abortion decision isn’t likely to affect how people vote in November

By Matthew Gagnon Late Monday, Politico broke the news story that the Supreme Court was poised to strike down the governing decisions on abortion, Roe v.

Check a Maine river at dusk in the spring and you could find hundreds of smelts

By Nolan Raymond I’m sure many of you remember your first smelting trip.

Mainers in recovery are already part of our communities. Treatment services must be, too.

By BDN Editorial Board Time after time, Maine communities debate a new project or zoning proposal, only for it to be met with the same tired argument: “I support addressing the overall issue, just not here.

With age comes an increase in blunders

As songbirds flock to Maine, here’s how you can find their hiding spots

By Bob Duchesne This is the weekend when lots of songbirds start flooding back into Maine.

Dipping smelts

By Matthew LaRoche, The Maine Woods Timing is everything when it comes to dipping smelts.

Broaden your perspective with the ‘1 after 2’ reading rule

By Matthew Gagnon Bart Ehrman is currently the James A.

Maine turkey season opens May 2

Cheers to the vaccine volunteers

By BDN Editorial Board Nearly 1,000 people in the Bangor area and across Maine proved Alexis de Tocqueville right this past year.

On the move

By Nancy Battick Our ancestors had the itch to move.

Maine is home to the widest diversity of brook trout in the nation

By Bob Mallard Brook trout are native to most of Quebec, Newfoundland, Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and much of Ontario in Canada.

Elon Musk may be just what Twitter, and other social media, needs

By Matthew Gagnon “I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy.

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