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By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff After being held virtually last year to the COVID-19 pandemic, the regional and state cheerleading competitions will try to return to normal this season.

BANGOR – Dirigo Reads, a program that aims to put a book in the hands of every Maine first grader each month during the school year by 2025, is looking to increase the number of schools that will participate in the program during the next school year.

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By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff DEXTER – Filip Brkic didn’t play many minutes Monday evening as the second-ranked boys basketball teams in Class B North and Class C North squared off at Guiski Gymnasium in Dexter.

ORONO – University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about hydroponic gardening from 6–7:15 p.

By Nancy Battick It’s a new year.

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff Just like people, rats avoid the cold of a Maine winter by going inside.

Healthy Living for ME will be offering the National Diabetes Prevention Program to Mainers in 2022.

Fifteen projects totaling $619,000 will conserve more than 50,000 acres and create land conservation easements across the state with funding through Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Land Protection grant program.