By Matthew Marston and Meagan Rusby Providing health care in Maine has never been more challenging.

By Sarah Alexander and Justin Strasburger There is no doubt that just two months into the new administration, decisions made from a distance in Washington, D.

By Virginia Templet April 7 marks the start of National Public Health Week, which has brought public health to the national consciousness for three decades.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff If you love hunting or fishing or both, April 1 is a good day for you.

By Joyce Bucciantini, AARP Maine community outreach volunteer As sure as April showers bring May flowers, warmer weather brings our minds to summer vacations and travel.

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To the Editor; Rising electricity rates continue to be a burden on Mainers which is why I am writing to express concern regarding LD 186, “An Act to Clarify the Public Utilities Commission’s (PUC) Authority to Establish Time of Use Pricing for Standard Offer Service.

To the Editor; Maine’s health care system is facing a crisis, with hospitals and community health centers struggling to stay afloat.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff As many hours as I have spent in the woods over the years, I have never seen a woodpecker nesting tree like the one I recently saw behind my neighbor’s house.

Contributed photoPROTEST — On Saturday, March 29 about 60 people in southern Piscataquis County gathered in Milo to peacefully protest a variety of President Donald Trump’s policies.

To the Editor; Access to emergency care can quite often be a matter of life and death, particularly for older patients and medically vulnerable individuals.

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By Nancy Battick Ever wonder what traits it takes to make a good genealogist? There are a few defining characteristics that occur in all the successful ones.

By David Daigler and Bob Shultz Where there is room for growth, there is also opportunity.

By Emilie Throckmorton  Throughout my 25 years in the classroom, I have watched approaches to education change, based on new research or evolving recommendations about how best to serve students.

To the Editor; I opened the online news and found an image that twisted my guts: hundreds of men, bent and shackled, their heads freshly shorn, being marched through a huge room with the blank-white walls of an institution.

By Bob Mallard In late January, Maine lost Gary Corson, a wild native brook trout conservationist of unmatched knowledge, accomplishment and influence.

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