Abner Wade Lodge in Sangerville started the Santa Project in 2009, headed up by W.

AUGUSTA – Rep.

BANGOR – Dirigo Reads, a program that aims to put a book in the hands of every Maine first grader each month during the school year by 2025, is looking to increase the number of schools that will participate in the program during the next school year.

ORONO – University of Maine Cooperative Extension and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about hydroponic gardening from 6–7:15 p.

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff Just like people, rats avoid the cold of a Maine winter by going inside.

Healthy Living for ME will be offering the National Diabetes Prevention Program to Mainers in 2022.

Fifteen projects totaling $619,000 will conserve more than 50,000 acres and create land conservation easements across the state with funding through Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Land Protection grant program.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Each year Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District has a tree & plant sale fundraiser that offers different varieties of locally-grown fruit trees, flowers, and herbs.

SHIRLEY – The snowstorm predicted for this past weekend did not amount to enough new snow to utilize the big groomer.

Maine adults seeking to pursue college have a new option to jumpstart their education with support from their local Maine adult education program.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Gov.

Photo courtesy of Tammy O’Neil WINTER SCENE – Tammy O’Neil took this picture beside Lowes Bridge and the Piscataquis River in Guilford, facing south toward Dover-Foxcroft on Jan.

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

AUGUSTA – Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Commissioner Amanda Beal and the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands announced an 8 percent increase in final attendance for Maine State Parks in 2021 compared to the previous all-time attendance record in 2020.

Nominations are now open for the 2022 County Teachers of the Year and 2023 Teacher of the Year.

The Maine State Legislature has recently announced a new opportunity for Maine residents to temporarily defer collection of homestead property taxes.

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.

LEWISTON – Androscoggin Home Healthcare + Hospice, Maine’s largest, independent, non-profit home healthcare organization is proud to announce the acquisition of Care & Comfort, a home and behavioral healthcare company that has been serving Maine since 1991.