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Here are some of the winter recreation pleasures of Moosehead Lake

By Aislinn Sarnacki Skiing across Moosehead Lake, I imagined the blowing snow to be sand.

Applications sought for 2025 AARP Community Challenge grant program

To the Editor; AARP Maine is thrilled to announce that the 2025 AARP Community Challenge grant program is now accepting applications.

Finally: The best deer rifle

We are seeing how warming waters might affect fishing

By Bob Mallard My recent article on extending the fall fishing season was met with opposition by some members of the Maine fly fishing and conservation community.

Trump’s attempted funding freeze is direct assault on our Constitution and Congress

A ‘Puzzling’ February at Thompson Free Library

By Kim Brawn, Thompson Free Library How did you end up staring down the puzzle at the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft? Were you getting your car serviced and walked over to kill time, were you leaving and caught a glimpse, spun around and sat down? Maybe after a few pieces fit, you were hooked.

Piscataquis Democrats commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Democrats gathered on Jan.

Maine and other states should join Denmark or Canada

To the Editor; I was delighted to learn from an article (“If Trump seizes Greenland, Redditors say Denmark should take over Maine”) about the possibility that Maine might become part of Denmark or, alternatively, Canada.

AARP Maine’s News You Can Use

By Joyce Bucciantini, AARP Maine community outreach volunteer February is one of the most beautiful times in Maine.

How hot is hot?

What I’ve learned about hiking in extreme cold

By Aislinn Sarnacki Gusts of freezing wind threatened to bowl us over as we emerged from the shelter of snow-caked trees.

Escaping the winter doldrums

By Nancy Battick Once the excitement of the holidays has passed, it’s easy to slip into the winter doldrums.

Ice fishing derbies galore!

Amateur photographers pose risks to owl survival

By Bob Duchesne It took a while to develop, but this is turning into a better-than-average snowy owl year.

Voter ID referendum is unnecessary, expensive, and harmful to Maine voters

By Anna Kellar, League of Women Voters of Maine executive director This past November, my 98-year-old grandmother was determined that she wasn’t going to miss out on voting for president.

Despite budget gap warnings, Janet Mills wants to spend more

By Matthew Gagnon Gov.

Can we protect ourselves from gun violence?

To the Editor; Congratulations to David Farmer for his excellent insightful column on gun violence and why we cannot stop it or find an adequate solution.

In the U.S., violence too often is the answer

By David Farmer “Violence is never the answer.

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