By Raymond Durkee I consider myself a conservative, but one who has been very confused in the last decade.

When the latest Maine Ulster-Scots Project newsletter hit my inbox, I was delighted at their list of activities aimed at reaching people with Scots Irish heritage or those interested in the culture.

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By Kim Brawn July at the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft is the equivalent of an amazing movie montage! Hope you’ve had your eight hours of sleep and a caffeinated beverage because you’re going to need it.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Staff The first thing I ever shot was a hen wood duck.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Concerned Citizens for Democracy joined with 40,000 other Mainers from 52 towns in a “No Kings” rally on Saturday, June 14.

By Nancy Battick Those of you who read this column regularly know that I’m always advising genealogists to tap into local resources that may not have an online presence but may have materials that will help you in your research.

By Barry Higgins I’ve been working the same patch of ground in Maine for over 60 years, just like my father before me.

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MILO – The South East Piscataquis Democrats raffled off an Ugly Stik rod and reel at Milo’s Black Fly Festival on June 7.

By Aislinn Sarnacki Two people died while hiking Katahdin, Maine’s tallest mountain.

By Joyce Bucciantini, AARP Maine community outreach volunteer Just as April showers bring May flowers, the summer season brings a bumper crop of garage sale signs.

To the Editor; In response to a bad newspaper review, composer Max Reger wrote to the critic: “Sir, I am sitting in the smallest room of my house.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Democrats continue their mission of supporting those that struggle with food insecurity.

By Nancy Battick If you’re new to genealogy you may not have heard of the USGenWeb project.

By Allison Kanoti and Patty Cormier If you’ve enjoyed Maine’s northern or western woods on a hike, or are a logger, a landowner, a forester, or just someone who finds peace in the woods, you know the scale and the value of our forests.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife just introduced its new app to the public this week called ME Outdoors.