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AARP Maine’s News You Can Use

By Joyce Bucciantini, AARP Maine community outreach volunteer Recently, I told a friend that I had a birthday coming up.

School board recall on Dexter ballot

To the Editor; “Stop the Power Trip” is a non-partisan committee of five registered voters from Dexter who formed to request a special election of the Town of Dexter to recall two SAD 46 school board members, Judy Saunders and Alisha Ames.

Spring fly fishing in the backcountry is unpredictable

By Kevin McKay Springtime in Maine is a fickle season, especially for anglers.

Forever chemicals: choices

Joining lineage societies

By Nancy Battick Have you ever wondered if you qualify for membership in a lineage society or how to join a fraternal organization — or if you have Scottish roots, how to join a clan? What’s the difference and what do you have to do to join? A lineage society, such as the Sons or Daughters of the American Revolution or the Mayflower Society, is open to all who can prove descent from an ancestor qualifying you for membership.

Drug pricing programs needs reform

To the Editor; Maine is considered the most rural state in the nation — with nearly two-thirds of its residents living in rural areas.

See ‘Oklahoma!’ at Center Theatre

To the Editor; The Slightly Off Center Players and Center Theatre have done it again! We’ve waited a long time for a large-scale musical with a live pit band for a few years, but wait no longer to get your tickets for “Oklahoma!” The magic of community theater is at work on East Main Street once again, but only for the next two weekends, May 9-10 and May 16-17.

I think this is the real cost of the state’s trout stocking program

By Bob Mallard A recent bill to increase fishing license fees to raise more money for hatcheries got a lot of people talking.

New Moosehead brookie record

Piscataquis Democrats host Spring Brunch

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

Too many Mainers are facing hunger. State lawmakers can help.

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.

Legislation would enhance vision and medical eye care in Maine

Our public lands shouldn’t be sold to the highest bidders to fund tax cuts

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

Spring turkey hunts

The inspiration of Pope Francis’s funeral mass

Make the shift with Thompson Free Library

By Kim Brawn, Thompson Free Library Shift happens.

Gun purchase law in limbo

The bigger boat we need may be out of our reach

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

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