By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Some Mainers may have to drive an hour or more to dispose of the propane canister they used when camping or at a cookout, which is why the small containers often end up in household trash or tossed into the woods.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff Ticks have already emerged in some parts of Maine and are likely to be active throughout the spring.

By Emilie Throckmorton  Throughout my 25 years in the classroom, I have watched approaches to education change, based on new research or evolving recommendations about how best to serve students.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is about to get its first major license plate update since Bill Clinton sat in the Oval Office.

GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania — The following students were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2024 semester at Grove City College: Andrew Marston, a senior computer science major from Dover-Foxcroft, has been named to the dean’s list with distinction.

To the Editor; I opened the online news and found an image that twisted my guts: hundreds of men, bent and shackled, their heads freshly shorn, being marched through a huge room with the blank-white walls of an institution.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff DEXTER — Julia Gagnon, the Cumberland singer who made it to the top seven on “American Idol” last year, is scheduled to perform at the upcoming Maine Red Hot Dog Festival in Dexter in August.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a virtual presentation covering growing and marketing practices for specialty potato varieties in Maine from 11 a.

PORTLAND — The American Red Cross of Northern New England is issuing a call to help ensure no one faces a disaster alone by donating on Red Cross Giving Day, March 26.

PARKMAN — Annie McKenney was presented with the Boston Post Cane plaque on March 14 at the Parkman Town Office, recognizing her as the town’s eldest resident.