By Matthew Gagnon Well, he did it again.

By Nancy Battick One of my college professors wrote ASSUME on the chalkboard and warned us to never assume  because “When you assume you make an “ASS” out of “U” and “ME.

In Michigan last fall, a guided elk hunter holding a cow tag accidentally shot a bull elk.

By Jake Steinfeld In Maine, 13 percent of kids are considered obese.

By Bob Mallard We aren’t doing everything we can to ensure the survival of Maine’s Arctic charr, the last fish species of its kind in the contiguous United States.

By Matthew Gagnon Texas has been in the news a lot in the past week, mostly for the law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, and the U.

Many moons ago, when I was a young, eager deer hunter, my woods gear consisted of a rifle, a compass, a knife and some waterproof matches.

In my last column I urged readers to rejoin the genealogical world.

By Matthew Gagnon I’ve seen the headline a thousand times in the last few months.

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By John Holyoke If you’re lucky — like I certainly am — you’ve got a close group of hunting buddies that you can count on to drop all the important stuff at a moment’s notice, hop in a truck, and head out onto our state’s network of semi-marked dirt roads in search of adventure.

By Bangor Daily News Editorial Board Unfortunately, it was not a big surprise that state corrections officials cited overcrowding at the Penobscot County Jail in their threat to not renew the facility’s license earlier this month.

By Matthew Gagnon George W.

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By Nancy Battick Much is happening in the genealogical world as libraries begin to re-open.

By Rebekah Gass and Robert L.

By BDN Editorial Board John Hiatt has resigned from the Bangor school committee.

By Matthew Gagnon When the Sept.