By Nolan Raymond If you’ve spent any time romping around in the Maine woods, you’ve probably come across what look like “abandoned” canoes and kayaks on the shores of ponds.

By Matthew Gagnon For most of the past year in casual conversations among Maine politicos, the consensus has been that the impending gubernatorial contest between Janet Mills and Paul LePage would be very close.

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To the Editor; In reading a few of the Republican candidate signs, I must admit that I am a bit confused.

By Nancy Battick My husband and I recently re-watched a BBC production called “Blood of the Vikings.

To the Editor; Good news from Maine state workers and Mainers as Gov.

By Bob Duchesne Maybe Mother Nature is trying to tell us something.

To the Editor; This letter is to the people of Piscataquis County.

By Matthew Gagnon As a general rule, I love banned books.

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To the Editor; Dr.

By Chris Sargent I can still vividly recall my first deer hunt.

By Aislinn Sarnacki Katahdin, Maine’s tallest peak, has long been a source of awe and adoration.

To the Editor; No matter how large the bear, or who pulls the trigger, killing a bear that has been conditioned to come to a barrel of rotted food from a nearby blind is not in any way laudable, sporting, ethical or even deserving of the name hunting.

To the Editor; Matthew Gagnon, in his Aug.

By Matthew Gagnon One of the beautiful things about getting older, for me, has also been something rather humbling: the realization that I don’t really know all that much.

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By Nancy Battick Do you have Welsh ancestry? Many who do haven’t tried to do much research in Welsh records.