By Kara Hay and Laura Sanborn Imagine scraping together your last paycheck to buy groceries, carefully planning every item so your family has enough to eat until next week.

By BDN Editorial Board Recent headlines in the Bangor Daily News have chronicled the growing difficulties in passing school budgets.

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By Nancy Battick Small-town weekly newspapers are wonderful sources for genealogists.

By David Giles  “Society is indeed a contract … not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.

By Andrew Hudacs  Maine’s youth need more than a job; they need ways to earn money while building workplace skills that help them succeed in a variety of careers.

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By Bridget Quinn Social Security, the vital lifeline for tens of millions of Americans everywhere — including 369,221 in Maine — and used for housing, groceries, gas, and the other everyday necessities is about to mark its 90th birthday.

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By Jay Reynolds, MD As an Aroostook County native, I’ve spent my career serving the people of northern Maine, the last 30 plus years of which have been spent at Northern Light AR Gould Hospital.

By Bob Mallard In a recent column, V.

By Joyce Bucciantini, AARP Maine community outreach volunteer Getting ready for our second 50.

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By Nancy Battick The annual Maine Genealogical Society conference is usually held in September, but this year it will be Aug 23, and for the first time you can attend it from the comfort of your own home.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Local concerned citizens joined other Americans in over 1,500 locations on July 17 to honor John Lewis’ legacy promoting the message “Good Trouble Lives On!” U.

By Bob Duchesne It was just about 3 a.