By David Vail Rural Maine’s tourism businesses and host communities are struggling with massive, unexpected shocks: the COVID-19 pandemic and a deep economic recession in its wake.

By Matthew Gagnon This week, the U.

By David Farmer We are less than three weeks away from one of the most important and contentious elections in history.

Sometime or other the kinship feature in your genealogical software will indicate that someone is a half-cousin or half-sibling.

“Don’t be afraid of Covid.

Interest in voting this year may be at an all-time high.

Tuesday night I, along with the rest of the country, watched in horror as the first presidential debate devolved into what can only be described as a childish food fight.

President Donald Trump either cheated on his taxes or is a failure as a businessperson — maybe both.

Politics has been hard to tolerate lately.

The death of U.

Anyone who’s been involved with high school football knows the feeling of being on the wrong end of a halftime blowout.

It is bad enough that COVID-19 is causing a spike in domestic violence.

Everyone knows the story of Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed lovers immortalized by Shakespeare, separated by family feuds.

It is that time of year again, lawn signs are everywhere.

The havoc from COVID-19 is laying traps for families that they might not realize they’ve fallen into until it’s too late to fix them.

Hope and connections.

In June, the Bangor Daily News published an article, “Racism is my high school experience,” which detailed the experiences of five Black students in their time at Bangor High School.

Earlier this year, Maine voters made a strong statement about their trust in science.