By Matthew Gagnon Maine’s Apportionment Commission has been on a deadline, and for a while things weren’t looking good.

To the Editor; It seems to me that instead of flattening the curve, we have simply flattened our concern over public health.

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To the Editor; The new Texas voting law bans county officials from employing a number of previously used voting options.

By BDN Editorial Board Just for the record, we’d like to point out that it is still technically summer.

To the Editor; From wildfires and extreme heat waves to severe flooding and droughts — we are already witnessing the real-time cost of political and systematic inaction on climate change.

To the Editor; In the interest of participatory democracy, the members of PROACT! are writing to urge the Piscataquis County Commissioners to convene public meetings or listening sessions to hear from local residents about their concerns and priorities for use of the anticipated $3.

By Matthew Gagnon Well, he did it again.

To the Editor; Sometimes in life you need to choose what is hard, and not what is easy.

By Nancy Battick One of my college professors wrote ASSUME on the chalkboard and warned us to never assume  because “When you assume you make an “ASS” out of “U” and “ME.

In Michigan last fall, a guided elk hunter holding a cow tag accidentally shot a bull elk.

By Jake Steinfeld In Maine, 13 percent of kids are considered obese.

To the Editor; I write in support of the excellent letter written by Melinda Wentworth, vice president of Congregation Beth El.

By Bob Mallard We aren’t doing everything we can to ensure the survival of Maine’s Arctic charr, the last fish species of its kind in the contiguous United States.

By Matthew Gagnon Texas has been in the news a lot in the past week, mostly for the law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, and the U.

Many moons ago, when I was a young, eager deer hunter, my woods gear consisted of a rifle, a compass, a knife and some waterproof matches.

To the Editor; At Spectrum Generations, it is our mission to promote the well being and independence of older and disabled adults, with the support of their care partners, to live in their community of choice.