AARP Maine launched a statewide Virtual Listening Tour March 7 with a 90-minute community conversation led by AARP Maine State Director Noël Bonam and Volunteer State President Carl Bucciantini.

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

GUILFORD — Many school districts across Maine have switched from universal masking policies to optional and/or conditional masking following revised recommendations from the Maine CDC and Department of Education.

The cost of a new ski lift has shot up $1 million in just six months, said Perry Williams, developer of a proposed year-round ski resort project on Big Moose Mountain in Piscataquis County.

ORONO – University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners about starting seeds indoors from noon to 1:15 p.

DEXTER – During the week of Feb.

SANGERVILLE – On Sunday, March 13 at 3 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Educational Opportunity Center will be hosting free individualized sessions, Essentials of College  Planning for adults 19 & over who are looking for a new career or returning to higher education.

The Maine Land Use Planning Commission is waiting for information from the developers of a proposed $113.

SHIRLEY — Unfortunately, the trail conditions are not improving.

BROWNVILLE — The American Legion 14th District — Piscataquis County — will hold its regular meeting in Brownville Junction on Saturday, March 19 at the Post Home.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT – The GFWC/Miosac Club met March 1 at the home of Minnie McCormick decorated with Mardi Gras and St.

PORTLAND – Effective immediately, the Diocese of Portland is removing the “strong recommendation” for all parishioners to wear masks at Masses celebrated in Maine’s 141 Catholic churches.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff From putting more people in the Bangor area into jobs with a livable wage, to addressing the root causes of poverty in the Maine Highlands and in Washington County, six teams of Mainers in regions across the state will now have the funds to figure out solutions to those challenges.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Anyone who hunts, hikes, snowmobiles or uses the woods in Maine needs to be prepared for the possibility that you might run into a moose.

Give a Dog a Home Rescue to host free vaccine events, Powered by Petco Love, March 5,, 12, 19, and 26 in Milo, Dexter, Guilford, and Corinth SEBEC – Give a Dog a Home Rescue is partnering with national nonprofit Petco Love to give pets their best shot for a healthy life by hosting a free pet vaccine event on March 5 and each following Saturday in March.

Free information session on Tuesday, March 8 BANGOR – Obesity is a real health concern.