By Gregory Burr On July 17, 1939, Baxter State Park’s first ranger began searching Mount Katahdin for a lost 12-year-old boy from New York.

By V, Paul Reynolds For the 2025 Maine moose hunt, the harvest numbers are in.

By Joyce Bucciantini, AARP Maine community outreach volunteer Last year the New England Aquarium in Boston announced that over half of their African penguins have reached senior penguin status.

By Al Raychard Certain things in life scare me.

To the Editor; After watching President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, I have some concerns about our government.

GARLAND — Rep.

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By Nancy Battick You may have come across the term “forensic genealogy” and wondered what it means.

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By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff It’s the beauty of sports.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Democrats recently raised $1,000 for the Piscataquis Regional Food Center in Dover-Foxcroft.

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To to the Editor; The 17 workers, (likely here on H2-A visas), detained in Skowhegan demonstrate that we still have Border Patrol detaining people without cause.

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To the Editor; The Bangor Daily News and their media partners, invest money and time to research and report valuable information in our state.

By Minnie McCormick Welcome back swim team! I hope you like the beautiful blue water and the brightly colored diving blocks.

To the Editor; AARP Maine is thrilled to announce that the 2026 AARP Community Challenge grant program is now accepting applications.

By Nancy Battick When we’re writing our family history we focus on dates, vital records and names of family members.