By Matthew Gagnon A trillion here, a trillion there.

By David Farmer After handing over my paycheck to the grocery store on Monday night, it was clear how much my family’s life revolves around food.

By Nancy Battick Time is flying by and as we near the end of this year and face a new one I usually do a column about genealogical resolutions including making more time to research, entering your research in your software, taking care of your family photos and labeling them, filing documents if you do that, exploring a new genealogical website, and trying to attend a local genealogical group or a conference.

By Matthew Gagnon With the year we are having, people everywhere are turning to the warm, comforting embrace of tradition to get them through the tough times.

By David Farmer The proposition was one of those that’s hard to decipher — was it real or was it a satirical comment on the times? After four years of a President Donald Trump, is there even such a thing as satire any longer? “We could meet in the Civic Center parking lot in Augusta and exchange gifts,” was the idea floated.

By Matthew Gagnon After years of making bold predictions according to the year in question — 19 predictions in 2019, 20 in 2020, etc .

By David Farmer Trees, it seems, are smarter than U.

By Shirar Patterson and Courtney Yeager The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a devastating economic blow to our state.

By Jen and Bob Montgomery-Rice Giving back has never been more important to our community than during this pandemic and there are plenty of options to pledge your support.

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By Nancy Battick You may have heard of Pinterest.

By Matthew Gagnon It is that time of year again, friends.

By David Farmer What if there was a way to predict the future? Not all of it, but one little, potentially terrible piece of it? And what if, through that knowledge you could make the outcome a little bit less terrible? New research published this week in JAMA, which is an international peer-reviewed medical journal, provides evidence of just such an opportunity.

By Greg Dufour As fall fades into winter in Maine, and the number of COVID-19 cases grows, the public health crisis threatens that we all could be house-bound once again.

By Matthew Gagnon This is a time of unparalleled division in America, yet there is one thing that virtually every single person you meet will agree on: 2020 has been the most miserable year ever.

By David Farmer Like many families, we won’t be traveling for Thanksgiving this year.

By Nancy Battick If you’re new to genealogy you may expect to find uncomplicated paths to your ancestors with new grandparents in each generation.

By Matthew Gagnon It was fascinating to watch, really.