By Matthew Gagnon This is a time of unparalleled division in America, yet there is one thing that virtually every single person you meet will agree on: 2020 has been the most miserable year ever.

By David Farmer Like many families, we won’t be traveling for Thanksgiving this year.

By Nancy Battick If you’re new to genealogy you may expect to find uncomplicated paths to your ancestors with new grandparents in each generation.

By Matthew Gagnon It was fascinating to watch, really.

By David Farmer By this summer, a whole lot of Maine people are going to move.

To the Editor; For more than 40 years, the American Cancer Society has hosted the Great American Smokeout on the third Thursday of November.

To the Editor; I hope readers of the BDN caught Christy Lockhart’s letter to the editor published Nov.

To the Editor;  As you are likely aware, COVID-19 cases are rising rapidly in our state, adjacent counties and even right here in Piscataquis County.

By Matthew Gagnon Prior to Election Day 2016, predictions of an impending Hillary Clinton victory were nearly universal, and those predictions were built on the preponderance of publicly available polling.

To the Editor; The holiday season is upon us again, which means here in the Moosehead Region we do our best to spread holiday cheer all around! To do this, the Moosehead Lake Kiwanis Club will be placing wish trees out in our community very soon.

By Rand O’Leary and Lori Dwyer We need your help.

By David Farmer We can’t be trusted – not even when it comes to acting in our own self-interest and well-being.

To The Editor; I would like to thank every person in Maine Legislative House District #119 that exercised their right to vote in the recent election.

Maine Senate Republicans elected their caucus leaders for the 130th Maine Legislature that convenes for the first time on Dec.

By Nancy Battick In the first half of the 20th century most people graduated from eighth grade and went to work.

By Matthew Gagnon On Tuesday evening, Maine sent a powerful message to the nation: We cannot be bought.

By David Farmer Waking up on Election Day, like a lot of Democrats I allowed myself to entertain an easy election night.

By James Cote  As I sit in my home office this Election Day morning, drinking coffee and watching the snow fly outside my window, I realize the world is about to be consumed with even more “noise” than usual.