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I took my 74-year-old mom for a 70-mile paddle on the Allagash

By Christi Holmes My mom, Carlene Holmes, is not super outdoorsy.

What’s that worth?

By Nancy Battick As I write this column inflation is at an all-time high, prices soaring skyward, product shortages common, people flinch as they fill their cars and we’re all making nips and tucks to our budgets.

Go fishing now for the fly hatch that brings out super-sized trout

By Leighton Wass June and July’s strawberry season is eagerly awaited by us shortcake lovers.

President Joe Biden is talking nonsense about lowering gas prices

By Matthew Gagnon “My message to the companies running gas stations and setting prices at the pump is simple,” began President Joe Biden, in a message on Twitter, “this is a time of war and global peril.

I made an unsettling climb up an 80-foot tower and got a bird’s-eye view of the Katahdin region

By Sarah Sindo How do you feel about heights? Would you climb an 80-foot fire tower without hesitancy? Or does your stomach swirl simply thinking about it? Me? I fall somewhere in between.

New gun dog book is instructive

I have been birding for decades but had never seen a hawk do this

By Bob Duchesne Few people venture into the deep woods to go birding.

The Supreme Court’s job is to interpret the Constitution, not to legislate

By Matthew Gagnon The current struggle over the Supreme Court began with the unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February of 2016.

Waiting to find out if you were drawn in the Maine moose lottery is intoxicating

By Chris Sargent 6-6-3-3-2-5-8-7-4-1.

Some states have too many black bears

Hiring Dannel Malloy as the Maine university system’s chancellor was a big mistake

By Matthew Gagnon “Mistakes were made.

The hike of a lifetime

Memories vary

Queen Elizabeth II recently said that “recollections may vary.

District attorney elections shouldn’t be partisan

By Matthew Gagnon Here’s a fun question to consider: Why, exactly, should anyone care about the political party of a prosecutor? The job of a district attorney in Maine is that of a chief prosecutor, responsible for representing the state of Maine in criminal proceedings.

Book by Maine undercover game warden is a must read

Hiking the Upper Gorge Trail at Ripogenus Dam forced me to slow down and enjoy the views

By Sarah Sindo Working at a campground, I often get asked, “Where can we hike around here?” Baxter State Park may be the obvious answer as it’s only about a 35-minute drive to the gatehouse from Big Eddy, but there are other closer gems that I’m happy to offer up as suggestions.

Ethics in the outdoors means doing the right thing when nobody’s looking

By Chris Sargent Ethics is an ambiguous concept limited to one’s own parameters and subjectivity.

Joe Biden isn’t happy

By Matthew Gagnon According to reports in multiple media outlets, President Joe Biden is privately seething that his administration is stuck in the mud, unable to gain any traction, and with approval ratings that show him to be historically unpopular.

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