This is an opinion piece from a life-long Mainer. I've hunted and fished in this state since I was a little boy.
I'll be honest. I don't bear hunt. Never have and probably never will. It just doesn't interest me. But I do have some skin in the game and, if you're a true, tax paying, Mainer, so do you. A yes vote on question 1 this November will stop the use of bait, dogs and traps in hunting bear.
The disease known as Progeria causes premature aging in children. You wouldn't know it to see him, but Sam Berns was just 17-years-old when he died on Friday, a day before he saw his dream come true. He was going to be honorary captain for his favorite football team, the New England Patriots Saturday night before their playoff game with the Indianapolis Colts.