By Aislinn Sarnacki For the past four years, my dog has been my trusty hiking companion.

By Matthew Gagnon The first time the Biden administration told the American people that President Joe Biden wouldn’t pardon his son Hunter Biden was in July 2023.

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To the Editor; Jan Brett’s visit to the Center Theatre at the invitation of the Thompson Free Library was a warm and welcoming event and an example of the power of the arts to bring people together.

To the Editor; Penobscot County’s commissioners want to build a new and bigger jail.

By Virginia Templet Thanksgiving is many things.

By Matthew Gagnon It is Thanksgiving season once again, and I think you should talk about politics and religion at your dinner table.

By Jo Easton, Bangor Daily News director of development The founders of our country knew journalism is necessary for an informed electorate — in short, for American democracy to thrive.

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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.

By Nancy Battick In my last column I wrote about the challenges involved in researching the early censuses.

By Bob Duchesne I watch birds.

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.

By Matthew Gagnon All in all, it wasn’t that bad of an election night for Democrats in Maine.

To the Editor; Doc Wallace’s letter to the Bangor Daily News of Nov.

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By Nancy Battick One of the frustrating things involving the early U.

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.