Stearns supports concept but Keane has reservationsStaff Report     AUGUSTA — With many Maine schools buried in feet of snow, a Washington County legislator has proposed a bill allowing school districts to add an extra hour onto the school day in order to make up the lost time.

    PORTLAND — Bishop Robert P.

Mayo Regional Hospital President & CEO Marie Vienneau, right, presents an AED unit to Milo Fire & Rescue Fire Chief Dave Preble, second from right.

    ORONO — A number of students from the region were named to the fall Dean’s List at the University of Maine.

    AUGUSTA — The Maine Conservation Corps (MCC) recently welcomed Ryder Bailey of Wellington to serve as a community leader and AmeriCorps volunteer for a 45-week, 1,700-hour term of national service.

    WATERVILLE — Foxcroft Academy graduate Chris Shorey ‘12 has helped the Colby College mock trial team earn a bid to the American Mock Trial Association’s National Championship Tournament.

    AUGUSTA — A number of students from the region were named to the fall full-time Dean’s List at the University of Maine at Augusta.

    PRESQUE ISLE — A pair of students from the area received fall academic honors at the University of Maine at Presque Isle.

    BANGOR — 4-Hers are busy collecting items to please your Valentine.

By Stuart Hedstrom  Staff Writer     BANGOR — In late 2013 domestic violence agencies Womancare and Spruce Run, which each carried out a number of programs to assist those impacted by domestic violence as well as preventive and community awareness measures in Piscataquis and Penobscot counties respectively, merged to form the Spruce Run-Womancare Alliance.

    Foxcroft Academy employees and resident explorers Robert Canning, Jeremy Koch and Jeryme Smith took four intrepid students — Matthew Kim, Kohei Kotani, Luiz Lyu and Peter Xue — on a two-day trek to Mount Katahdin over the weekend of Jan.

Photo courtesy of grade 7 language arts teacher Susan Killam/Ridge View Community School Grade 7 Students of the Quarter at the Ridge View Community School in Dexter are front, from left, Gage Stone, Caitlyn Hardy, Cloe Mountain, Rachael Sickles, Izabel Dorman, Madison Gauvin and Carver Meyers.

By Ann Marshall     What’s the first thing you think of when you hear Valentine’s Day? Candy, flowers, romance .

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By Mike LangeStaff Writer     SHIRLEY — While some people complained about the snowstorms and bitter cold temperatures that have gripped Piscataquis County recently, many four-legged creatures are delighted by the weather.

    BANGOR — A number of students received academic honors for the fall semester at Eastern Maine Community College (EMCC).

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