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Three local athletes win four events at EMITL championship

ORONO — Foxcroft Academy junior Conner Donahue won a pair of events and he came in second in another at the 2025 Eastern Maine Indoor Track League Small School championship on Saturday, Feb.

Lewiston, Ellsworth, Lisbon/St. Dom’s repeat as state cheerleading champs

Dexter finishes fourth in Class C By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Lewiston, Ellsworth and Lisbon/St.

4-H Ag Ambassador program features farm visits and career exploration for teens

University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering its Ag Ambassador program in March and April.

How a Maine ice diver raised a U-Haul from the bottom of a frozen lake

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff The man Mainers call when they lose something below the surfaces of frozen lakes is having a very unusual year.

How we can focus on financial fitness in 2025

By Jim Lemieux Physical fitness is a top focus for Americans in 2025.

Maine saw a 19 percent drop in overdose deaths last year

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine saw a 19 percent drop in overdose deaths in 2024.

The trapper’s shack

Leask named to Abilene Christian dean’s honor roll

ABILENE, Texas — Abilene Christian University has named Amber Leask of Rockwood to the fall 2024 dean’s honor roll.

Northern Light Acadia Hospital to host public forum on eating disorders

BANGOR — As part of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week from Feb.

Success with electronic tagging of turkeys has Maine looking at deer next

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A bill directing the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to establish a program for registering deer electronically during hunting season could give hunters an alternative to finding a tagging station.

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