By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff A growing number of companies are pitching the benefits of community solar projects to electric customers looking for a way to reduce skyrocketing bills.

BANGOR – Maine lung cancer rates are 30 percent higher than the national average.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a free webinar about managing weeds in the home landscape from 6 to 7:30 p.

Last week a group of Pine Tree Hospice volunteers met to put together gift bags for caregivers.

DEXTER — Maine’s annual Red Hot Dog Festival is returning to downtown Dexter on Aug.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School STUDENTS OF THE MONTH – Dexter Regional High School is pleased to announce the February Students of the Month as selected by the faculty and staff for being exemplary students.

SANGERVILLE – The Sangerville Historical Society will serve refreshments, such as bars, cookies and drinks, at the 6 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Piscataquis County Soil & Water Conservation District’s 2022 Tree and Plant Sale has begun! This year, PCSWCD’s Tree and Plant Sale order deadline is Friday May 6, with a pickup date on Saturday, May 21 from 10 a.

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AUGUSTA – Seniors in all Maine counties can access nutritious monthly food boxes by applying through their county’s supporting agency.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Horizon Scholarships were established by the Trustees of Foxcroft Academy in an attempt to expand academic opportunities and enhance the personal and academic growth of Foxcroft Academy underclassmen, as well as eighth-graders.

CASTINE – Maine Maritime Academy’s Regiment of Midshipmen held its annual Change of Command Ceremony on Feb.

The owner of a ski resort overlooking Moosehead Lake in Piscataquis County has appealed a Kennebec County Superior Court justice’s ruling in favor of the state that ordered him to pay more than $4.

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.