SANGERVILLE — Piscataquis County Democrats gathered for their annual Spring Brunch at the East Sangerville Grange on May 4 with over 60 people in attendance.

By Heather Paquette, Good Shepherd Food Bank president Hunger in Maine is rising, and the pressure on the emergency food network is higher today than at the peak of the pandemic.

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By Jeremy Sheaffer, The Wilderness Society Maine director Theodore Roosevelt first came to the North Woods in 1878 in search of himself.

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By Kim Brawn, Thompson Free Library Shift happens.

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By Chris Sargent Those first few moments are the most special.

By David Daigler, Maine Community College System president One of Maine’s most popular and successful educational programs could come to an end if it is not funded in the state’s next budget.

By Nancy Battick On April 17 I presented a program at the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft for those who wanted to learn how to research their ancestors but were uncertain how to start.

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By Steven Michaud, Maine Hospital Association president Maine hospitals are hurting.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Outdoors is a beat that almost no other paper in the country has.

By Ryan Knapp Maine’s rural communities are special places.

By Tim Obrey, Moosehead Lake Region regional fisheries supervisor  From time to time, we report information about how many fish are harvested or how many fish we would like to see harvested and occasionally we are asked how exactly we come up with those numbers.

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By Nancy Battick For many years obtaining copies of adoption records was impossible.