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 Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Sales of existing single-family homes in the state remained high in January after a record year in 2020, with sales volumes and prices outpacing those of a year ago, the Maine Association of Realtors said Feb.

By Bob Duchesne George Smith passed away last week.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff MILO — High school basketball around the state has experienced a drop in participation this winter because of issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Join MDIFW Moose Biologist Lee Kantar live at 6:30 p.

ORONO — The University of Maine Center on Aging has received an AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP grant to support 119 volunteers serving in Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis and Washington counties, where the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program program has provided service opportunities for people ages 55 and older since 2003.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff GREENVILLE — The Greenville High School boys basketball team has a new coach in Tyler Muzzy.

By Ernie Clark Bangor Daily News Staff While there are no fans at high school basketball games this season due to mass-gathering limits brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, that doesn’t mean people haven’t been watching.

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By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland blasted Gov.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer two educational updates for the agricultural industry 7–8 p.

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

By Nina Mahaleris, Penobscot Times Construction workers raised the final beam completing the steel structure of a new $78 million engineering building at the University of Maine on Feb.

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FORT KENT — To help install a monument to a sled dog that helped deliver medication during a 1925 pandemic, a Seppala Siberian dog sled team will depart at noon on Saturday, Feb.

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.

By Judy Harrison Bangor Daily News Staff Piscataquis County Commissioners on Tuesday formally backed the development of a year-round resort with new ski lifts, a hotel, marina, condominiums and more at the site of a longtime ski area overlooking Moosehead Lake that has fallen into disrepair.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — To make it easier for planned and unexpected work to be done around the region, the Piscataquis County Commissioners have raised the minimum amount needed for projects to go out to bid from $5,000 to $10,000.