By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT — No one interested in Maine high school basketball wants a season devoid of fans and tournament time.

A program that aims to put a book in the hands of every Maine first grader each month during the school year by 2025 has continued on, despite a global pandemic.

By Eesha Pendharkar, Bangor Daily News Staff The state gave schools in all 16 counties a green light to reopen full-time in person this week, marking the first time since September that all Maine schools have had that designation.

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Most of the time, when it comes to fisheries and wildlife matters, I defer to professionally trained biologists who’ve spent their careers learning how to best manage our state’s fish and wildlife species.

To the Editor; Home is the place where memory and mortar meet.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff DEXTER — Dexter Regional High School girls basketball coach Jody Grant is trying to look at the positive side of things.

GREENVILLE — Destination Moosehead Lake is proud to host the 17th annual Chocolate Festival on Sunday, Feb.

By Larry Mahoney Bangor Daily News Staff EAST CORINTH — Central High School girls basketball coach Jamie Russell took a lighthearted look at his accomplishment of reaching the 400-win plateau after his team’s 48-36 victory over Foxcroft Academy of Dover-Foxcroft on Feb.

By Rosemary Lausier, Bangor Daily News Staff This story will be updated.

To the Editor; Why is it that basic values such as citizen safety, civil rights, transparency and accountability in government transactions and policy development have become partisan issues? Don’t we all agree with these basic values? Recent events in my county have brought these values to the forefront.