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UMaine Extension offers free webinars on selling meat, poultry Jan. 20–21

University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry will offer two free webinars for producers interested in selling packaged meat and poultry direct to consumers.

The Maine animal stories that you loved the most in 2020

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor This year has been a challenging one for all of us, but 2020 has been a good one for our animal stories.

Group signs agreement with suitor for shuttered Hampden waste plant but won’t say who it is

By Charles Eichacker, Bangor Daily News Staff The backers of a shuttered Hampden trash plant have lined up a potential buyer to restart the facility, but they are not publicly identifying the group that has expressed interest in taking over the $90 million operation.

Schools in most Maine counties can start winter sports team practices on Monday

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff Schools in 12 of Maine’s 16 counties can begin their winter sports season on Monday with full practices while the other four will have to wait until the coronavirus becomes more contained there, the Maine Principals Association said.

The record spending in Maine’s 2020 Senate race could be a sign of things to come

By Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff U.

4 more Mainers die as 700 coronavirus cases are reported across the state

By Lynne Fort, Bangor Daily News Staff This story will be updated.

Maine homicides hold steady in 2020 despite rising numbers nationwide

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Twenty-two people died in homicides in Maine in 2020, including three who were killed in a Washington County shooting spree.

Penobscot and Aroostook schools keep green status despite counties’ rising COVID-19 cases

By David Marino Jr.

Wild creatures made working from home less lonely during the pandemic

By Aislinn Sarnakci, Bangor Daily News Staff I gazed past my computer with wide eyes, then leaned forward, following the hummingbird’s path to a nearby birch tree, where it perched on the tiniest twig.

PCEDC annual meeting to honor Goulette with Myrick Award

Several weeks ago the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council (PCEDC) announced its choice for the 2020 Warren “Pete” Myrick Award, Tom Goulette of Guilford.

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