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Partners for Peace navigates pandemic

Partners for Peace, the domestic violence resource center for Piscataquis and Penboscot counties, faced many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the organization continued to support survivors and worked to improve stability and inclusivity.

U.S. Sens. Collins, King announce locations for 2021 Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday

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Maine DOC revokes restrictive mail policy that caused frustration for prisoners, families

By Lauren Abbate, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine Department of Corrections has rescinded a recent directive that placed new restrictions on the types of mail prisoners can receive, which was resulting in hundreds of pieces of mail being returned to sender.

No-appointment COVID-19 vaccines could soon be offered in Maine

By Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine public health officials on Thursday floated the possibility of offering coronavirus vaccines without appointments, which would make the vaccination effort more flexible but would pose logistical hurdles.

National Volunteer Week: Red Cross thanks volunteers for stepping up during COVID-19

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NAMI Maine to offer online courses for family members

HALLOWELL – NAMI Maine, a statewide nonprofit organization providing education, support, and advocacy for people living with mental illness and their families announces that registration is now open for two separate online courses for people who have an adult family member living with a mental health condition.

Penobscot County Jail reports new COVID-19 outbreak, weeks after the end of its last one

By Matthew Stone, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — COVID-19 has returned to the Penobscot County Jail, a little more than two weeks after state health officials declared a previous virus outbreak at the Bangor facility over.

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.

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.

SAD 46 students will learn remotely for rest of week following five positive cases

DEXTER — All students at the Ridge View Community School and Dexter Regional High School will be learning remotely for the rest of the week after five people associated with SAD 46 have tested positive for COVID-19.

Bill would make it easier for Maine landowners to remove nuisance beavers

By Charles Eichacker, Maine Public The beaver has been one of the nation’s great ecological comeback stories.

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.

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.

Maine Highlands FCU raises $17K to end hunger

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

Dexter councilors looking at shoreland zoning amendment for erosion control

DEXTER — With a bit of additional language likely to be added to the document, the Dexter Town Council opted to table a decision on a proposed amendment to the shoreland zoning ordinance during an April 8 meeting.

SAD 46 will return to five days in-person after spring vacation

DEXTER — When SAD 46 grades 6-12 students at the Ridge View Community School and Dexter Regional High School return from April vacation on Monday, April 26, they will attend classes in-person five days a week instead of the two cohorts on different days.

Maine counties chafe at lower-than-expected payments from wind farms

By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News Staff For nearly two decades, commercial wind farms have been touted in Maine as a way to generate electricity without pollution, and as a way rural locales in Maine can generate revenue for themselves by hosting turbines worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

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