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.

In my last column I urged readers to rejoin the genealogical world.

By Matthew Gagnon I’ve seen the headline a thousand times in the last few months.

To the Editor; On July 26 the Dover-Foxcroft Selectboard, by a vote of 3-3, did not approve the use of a town road (Foxcroft Center Road) as an access route for ATV use.

To the Editor; I write this as children to back to school today on Sept.

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By John Holyoke If you’re lucky — like I certainly am — you’ve got a close group of hunting buddies that you can count on to drop all the important stuff at a moment’s notice, hop in a truck, and head out onto our state’s network of semi-marked dirt roads in search of adventure.

To the Editor; As all of Maine has faced the challenges of the COVID pandemic, Maine’s Jewish community has been beset by a wave of rhetoric that denies the realities of the Holocaust.