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New UMaine Extension video series goes from farm to table fare

ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension has a new video series designed for the at-home cook who wants to learn more about preparing and cooking locally sourced meat.

Maine Highlands FCU donates to Milo Ecumenical Food Cupboard

Even though it was a difficult year for fundraising in 2020, Maine Highlands FCU was able to raise over $17,000 for the Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger.

Zoom presentation on visualizing 200 years of state history

SEBEC — The Maine Humanities Council has given Sebec Village Associates (Sebec Reading Room) a grant to offer a Zoom presentation titled “Visualizing 200 Years of Maine History.

Greenville Knights deliver door-to-door doses of comfort

GREENVILLE — A fleece blanket and some friendly banter.

Calendar of events

Many of the events will likely not be happening as listed below due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stock your private pond through PCSWCD’s annual trout sale

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Private ponds that are stocked with trout provide multiple benefits for landowners and their families.

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife schedules virtual presentations

Join Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife fisheries and wildlife biologists for the following live presentations on the MDIFW YouTube page.

State bureau amending use plan for Little Moose Mountain to allow for 25 miles of mountain bike trails

The outdoor recreation attractions in and around the Moosehead Lake region could soon include up to 25 miles of mountain bike trails on Little Moose Mountain Public Reserved Land.

Bangor Savings Bank donates nearly $1.2M in past year to COVID-19 relief efforts

BANGOR — With 2020 certain to be remembered for COVID-19 and social unrest, Bangor Savings Bank focused its charitable giving in precisely those areas and finished its fiscal year with nearly $1.

UMaine, UNH Extension to host weed management webinar April 28

ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about managing weeds in existing perennial and ornamental plantings from 6–7:15 p.

D-F Age-Friendly Committee reconvenes

DOVER-FOXCROFT — After a year of downtime, the Dover-Foxcroft Age-friendly Committee has reconvened.

Virtual gathering for all Maine Catholic youth set for April 25

PORTLAND — On Good Shepherd Sunday (April 25) Catholics reflect on how Jesus, who speaks of himself as the “good shepherd,” lays downs his life for his sheep and how we, the faithful, can become more like the Good Shepherd in our daily lives through self-sacrifice, love and uniting together under our loving God.

NAMI Maine seeks volunteers to teach NAMI Family-to-Family courses

HALLOWELL – NAMI Maine, a statewide nonprofit organization providing education, support and advocacy for people living with mental illness and their families, is seeking volunteers interested in being trained as certified NAMI Family-to-Family teachers.

Dr. Evans introduces legislation to help with insurance enrollment

House District Rep.

Dover-Foxcroft’s Jim Robinson secures naming rights to new Foxcroft Academy Field House

Groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for May 3 DOVER-FOXCROFT — Jim Robinson, a 1959 Foxcroft Academy graduate and owner of A.

Fourth annual Cattlemen’s College offered April 19 to May 3

ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Beef Producers Association will offer the fourth annual Cattlemen’s College online with presentations available for viewing April 19 to May 3.

Maine recaptures World Championship Ice Carousel record

Sackett and Brake Survey Inc.

Four things you need to know before you stock your pond with fish

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff For some people, a pond is not fully a pond unless it has fish in it.

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