By Bob Duchesene Every Mainer receives two things at birth: a name, and a Delorme’s Maine Atlas.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s court system was ready to take one technological leap last year when COVID-19 hit and ground the wheels of justice to a halt.

MILO — A winter sports season played under many adjustments during the COVID-19 pandemic is nearing an end, and in several weeks a modified spring sports season will start.

By Judy Harrison Bangor Daily News Staff There are 10,000 more criminal cases awaiting a resolution in Maine than there were a year ago, but the increase has been most pronounced in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties.

MILO — On Friday, Feb.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff One of Dover-Foxcroft’s two major bridges is slated for replacement as part of the Maine Department of Transportation’s recently released three-year work plan.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Organizers of the Maine Whoopie Pie Festival announced Monday, Feb.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff It is hard to quantify how much the pandemic has changed life for Mainers, and we probably won’t have a full understanding until well after it’s become a terrible memory.

By Aislinn Sarnacki, Bangor Daily News Staff Would you like to know what Katahdin, Maine’s tallest mountain, looks like this very second? You can.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — SeDoMoCha Elementary students in pre-kindergarten to grade 4 have been busy reading, not just for themselves but to help others in the inaugural Read to Feed event to benefit the Dover-Foxcroft Area Food Cupboard.

By Aislinn Sarnacki, Bangor Daily News Staff Difficulty: Strenuous.

By Aislinn Sarnacki, Bangor Daily News Staff On the rocky, snow-encrusted summit of Katahdin, Maine’s tallest mountain, two men wrestled into dress shirts, suit jackets and ties on Feb.

MILO — A contribution of $28,734 from the Bill and Joan Alfond Foundation completes the fundraising efforts for a Penquis Valley School playground.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — At the Dover-Foxcroft Planning Board Zoom meeting held on Feb.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff What has been a frustrating time for many high school football players around the state — especially those in this year’s senior class — has been a lesson in patience for Logan Martin.

MILO — A proposed regional high school, offering a number of vocational programs and college courses in addition to core subjects, would provide more opportunities than are currently available at individual high schools, according to area school district administrators involved in the project.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT — Ava Rayfield arrived at Foxcroft Academy four years ago as an already talented field hockey player.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States.