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To the Editor; If you are part of the 20 percent of Penobscot County residents who are 65 or older, I expect you will embrace the new, temporary federal income tax deduction for seniors in President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill.

By Joyce Bucciantini, AARP Maine community outreach volunteer Getting ready for our second 50.

To the Editor; I am writing in strong support of the recent opinion column, “A new diversion program is a better solution than a bigger jail in Penobscot County.

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By Nancy Battick The annual Maine Genealogical Society conference is usually held in September, but this year it will be Aug 23, and for the first time you can attend it from the comfort of your own home.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Local concerned citizens joined other Americans in over 1,500 locations on July 17 to honor John Lewis’ legacy promoting the message “Good Trouble Lives On!” U.

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By Frank Zarro, Dylan Moore and Benjamin Miller Maine has a reputation for being a caring state, a fact many are proud of.

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By Daniel O’Connor, Bangor Daily News Staff Though I lived in the same town for most of my life, it wasn’t until I became a gas attendant that I really got to know my home.

To the Editor; Cutting Public Broadcasting Funding Threatens Emergency Communications in Maine.

Contributed photosELBOWS UP — Piscataquis County Concerned Citizens for Democracy held an Elbows Up Rally July 5 on East Main Street in Dover-Foxcroft.

To the Editor; Penobscot County Commissioners want to spend tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer money for a new and bigger jail.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff I’m Kathleen O’Brien, and I’m the latest housing reporter for the Bangor Daily News.

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This is the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolution.