ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension has launched an updated community garden map to help connect Mainers looking for an opportunity to plant, tend and harvest vegetables and flowers in a communal space.

With Earth Day approaching, consumers may be looking for ways to improve their environmental impact.

By Ryan Knapp Maine’s rural communities are special places.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a ruminant parasite management workshop and FAMACHA certification workshop on Saturday, April 19 from noon to 4:30 p.

By Tim Obrey, Moosehead Lake Region regional fisheries supervisor  From time to time, we report information about how many fish are harvested or how many fish we would like to see harvested and occasionally we are asked how exactly we come up with those numbers.

What happens if you can no longer speak for yourself and lose the ability to express your healthcare wishes? If you have an advance directive, your family and caregivers will know what care you want, or may not want, on your terms, and it will be easier for a loved one to make decisions for you.

The Foxcroft Academy Key Club attended the 2025 New England District Key Club Convention in Portland from April 4-6.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Cori Cantrell and her two children have used MaineCare for several years, relying on it for everything from surgeries to ear infections or stitches after a basketball hoop fell on one youngster’s head.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A federal appeals court has denied Maine’s request to stay an injunction against enforcing a 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolESSAY CONTEST WINNERS — The Abbott Memorial Library in Dexter sponsored an essay contest for Dexter Regional High School students for National Library Week April 6-12, with the theme of “Drawn to Your Library: the Right to Read”.