By Nancy Battick If you have an ancestor in colonial New England, you may discover that ancestor served on a jury.

By Matthew Gagnon In any election year, news coverage and commentary is dominated by talk of the “big-ticket races” that are the highest profile, and the most contested.

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By Matthew Gagnon It is now mid-October and the campaign season has begun in earnest.

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By Nancy Battick To paraphrase Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” to collaborate or not to collaborate, that is your option.

By Bob Shultz COVID-19 remains a concern, but the height of the pandemic is in the rearview, and Maine’s economy has recovered from the dark days of recent years.

By Sarah Sindo The transition from summer to fall happened quickly.

To the Editor; On Saturday, Oct.

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By David Vail and Jym St.

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By Nolan Raymond If you’ve spent any time romping around in the Maine woods, you’ve probably come across what look like “abandoned” canoes and kayaks on the shores of ponds.

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.