4 weeks ago Fall ticks are the worst. Here’s how to thwart them. By Aislinn Sarnacki A friend of mine found about a dozen ticks crawling on his clothing yesterday after spending the morning walking through meadows, and I wasn’t surprised.
1 month ago Solo women were rare By Nancy Battick In my last column I wrote about the challenges involved in researching the early censuses.
1 month ago This is the reason it’s time to extend fall fishing By Bob Mallard As I have done for most years, I spent the last week of the general open water season fishing in the Moosehead and Chesuncook lake regions.
1 month ago Democrats have stark lessons to learn from election, even though they largely won in Maine By Matthew Gagnon All in all, it wasn’t that bad of an election night for Democrats in Maine.
1 month ago Respectful political coexistence requires respect from Republicans, too To the Editor; Doc Wallace’s letter to the Bangor Daily News of Nov.
1 month ago Early census oddities By Nancy Battick One of the frustrating things involving the early U.
1 month ago Welcome to AARP Maine’s News You Can Use By Joyce Bucciantini, AARP Maine community outreach volunteer Each monthly article will focus on seasonal, useful information to keep everyone informed about AARP topics, events, or just fun stuff to do.
1 month ago Why Maine should get rid of ranked-choice voting By Matthew Gagnon This week, Maine is once again coming face to face with the foolishness of its decision to adopt ranked-choice voting in 2016.
1 month ago My fears, my hopes To the Editor; With the election of Donald Trump, I have fears and hopes for the future.
1 month ago You can visit some of Maine’s giant boulders By Aislinn Sarnacki, Bangor Daily News Staff Deep in the forest near my house, massive boulders lie scattered along a hill, chunks of granite so tall they dwarf surrounding trees.
2 months ago Donn Fendler postscript To the Editor; “Lost on a Mountain in Maine,” now showing in theaters nationwide, is an amazing movie.
2 months ago These are not normal times, and I’m worried To the Editor; I am writing in response to Matthew Gagnon’s latest column.
2 months ago It’s the day after the election, and everything will be just fine By Matthew Gagnon It is unpopular to say this now, but the world is not going to end because your candidate didn’t win Tuesday night.
2 months ago Gagnon right about podcasts To the Editor; Though I rarely agree with Matthew Gagnon, his column on the value of podcasts in fostering value as more nuanced political discussion made sense to me.