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By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff DEXTER – Avery Gagnon and Bryce Connor began playing sports together long before they wore the red and white of Dexter Regional High School.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The GFWC/Miosac Club met March 1 at the home of Minnie McCormick decorated with Mardi Gras and St.

PORTLAND – Effective immediately, the Diocese of Portland is removing the “strong recommendation” for all parishioners to wear masks at Masses celebrated in Maine’s 141 Catholic churches.

To the Editor; In an opinion piece in The Boston Globe on March 2, columnist Jeff Jakoby advocated for the sending of nuclear weapons to Taiwan as a deterrent against aggression from mainland China.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff From putting more people in the Bangor area into jobs with a livable wage, to addressing the root causes of poverty in the Maine Highlands and in Washington County, six teams of Mainers in regions across the state will now have the funds to figure out solutions to those challenges.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Anyone who hunts, hikes, snowmobiles or uses the woods in Maine needs to be prepared for the possibility that you might run into a moose.

Give a Dog a Home Rescue to host free vaccine events, Powered by Petco Love, March 5,, 12, 19, and 26 in Milo, Dexter, Guilford, and Corinth SEBEC – Give a Dog a Home Rescue is partnering with national nonprofit Petco Love to give pets their best shot for a healthy life by hosting a free pet vaccine event on March 5 and each following Saturday in March.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff The five northern Maine representatives in this weekend’s boys basketball state championship games all will seek to either make history or at least end lengthy gold-ball droughts.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Healthy Mainers in counties with lower COVID-19 rates can stop wearing masks, federal health authorities said.