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The North Woods isn’t the same without this visitor

By Al Raychard I read somewhere there are about 300 species of birds that live in or visit Maine and at least 200 are year-round residents.

Maine shouldn’t be the last state to protect victims with real-time alerts

By Anna Nasset and Troy Morton In the quiet moments of a survivor’s life, the most dangerous thing isn’t always a person: It’s the unknown.

Jump into the PACC pool

By Minnie McCormick The pool is so very important to young and old.

Maine has known for decades that its probate system needs improvement. Now is the time to do it

By John Brautigam and James Haddow Probate court judges address some of the most personal and consequential legal matters for Mainers: Who can make life choices for you if you cannot, who can manage your money, and what happens to a family home after a death.

The voter fraud fraud

Steps and halves

By Nancy Battick Many genealogists deal with steps and halves in their family trees.

Hooking youngsters on fishing

This St. Patrick’s Day, personal finances require more than luck

By Jim Lemieux This St.

Limiting what Maine hospitals can charge offers relief from rising health care costs

What’s happening to Maine’s deer wintering areas — and why it matters

By David Irving A recent Bangor Daily News Outdoors column about feeding deer in winter generated a lot of discussion among readers.

Jared Golden: My thoughts on the conflict in Iran

We drove onto the ice. Seconds later, the truck sank

By Al Raychard I remember the day like it was yesterday — the day we drove a truck onto the ice and nearly lost it.

An ice fishing disaster ended with the perfect consolation prize

Smart stream crossings benefit wildlife, public safety

By Lance Farrar and Sarah Haggerty Like the blood vessels in your body, Maine’s rivers and streams carry rainwater and snowmelt downstream to the sea.

He was Baxter State Park’s 1st ranger when Donn Fendler disappeared on Katahdin

By Gregory Burr On July 17, 1939, Baxter State Park’s first ranger began searching Mount Katahdin for a lost 12-year-old boy from New York.

Maine’s adaptive moose hunt winds down

By V, Paul Reynolds For the 2025 Maine moose hunt, the harvest numbers are in.

AARP Maine’s News You Can Use

By Joyce Bucciantini, AARP Maine community outreach volunteer Last year the New England Aquarium in Boston announced that over half of their African penguins have reached senior penguin status.

Oregon ballot measure targeting hunting raises questions for Maine

By Al Raychard Certain things in life scare me.

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