ORONO – University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer two online research updates specific to the agricultural industry from 7–8 p.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff Alongside lobster, blueberry pie, fiddleheads, bean hole beans and whoopie pies in the pantheon of iconic Maine foods is the red hot dog, or red snapper, a local delicacy found nowhere else but on the grills and stovetops of Mainers.

Many of the events will likely not be happening as listed below due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering a Virtual All About Maine Trees 4-H SPIN (SPecial INterest) Club for youth ages 9–16.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The town of Dover-Foxcroft with the approval of the selectboard and support of the Climate Action Advisory Committee is applying to join the Maine Community Resilience Partnership, a program of the state of Maine to assist communities in transition to clean energy and to become more resilient to effects of climate change.

Maine Woodland Owners will be hosting its annual Forestry Forum on Wednesday, Jan.

The Piscataquis County Extension Association annual meeting will be held online Monday, Jan.

MILO – The location for Milo Garden Club’s January meeting has been changed to the Tourist Center at Kiwanis Park off outer Park Street (behind NAPA) on Tuesday, Jan.

MILO – The Milo Garden Club is planning the monthly meeting on Tuesday, Jan.

Many of the events will likely not be happening as listed below due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Beginning on Tuesday, Jan.

This January, Healthy Living for ME is kicking off 2022 with several new workshop sessions.

DOVER-FOXCROFT— The Dover Low Vision group will be meeting at The Central Hall Commons, 152 East Main Street, from 10 to 11:30 a.

The Maine Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI Maine) has released two supportive resource guides for families and individuals impacted by mental illness.

For the full calendar of events, please go to https://observer-me.

By Johanna S.

PORTLAND – The liturgical season of Christmas begins with the vigil Masses on Christmas Eve and concludes on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, which this season is Jan.

For nearly a quarter century, Dave Fuller has been teaching untold numbers of people ages 5 to 90 how to grow hardneck garlic.