By Matt Junker, Bangor Daily News Sports Editor Some of Maine high school basketball’s best players this year are also some of the youngest.

AUGUSTA — The Maine Office of Tourism has announced grant awards totaling more than $450,000 to 20 Maine organizations in the second cycle of its Fiscal Year 2026 Maine Tourism Marketing Partnership Program.

Recurring Events Mondays DEXTER: The Abbott Museum is open 10 a.

By Daniel O’Connor GREENVILLE — Officials in Greenville are considering a proposal to build a battery energy storage facility at a former steam plant.

Contributed photoPROUD GRANDMOTHER — Caden LaPlante, a freshman at Lawrence High School in Fairfield, is the grandson of Minnie McCormick, a daily swimmer at the Piscataquis Area Community Center.

By Nancy Battick You may have come across the term “forensic genealogy” and wondered what it means.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — An early spring tradition is returning to Foxcroft Academy, the 2026 Maple Sunday Pancake Breakfast hosted by the Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Club in collaboration with Foxcroft Academy and the FA Key Club.

GREENVILLE — The Greenville Fire Department’s fifth annual Moosehead Lake Ice Fishing Derby is set for this weekend, running on Friday, Feb.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The fifth annual Piscataquis Radar Runs start at 10 a.

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