HARMONY — Would you prefer giving $20 to cleaning up after a parrot (or 65) for a year? If so, then consider a 2021 calendar from the non-profit Siesta Sanctuary.

Remote learning week set for early January MILO — Penquis Valley High School basketball players and cheering team members will start the 2020-21 season on Monday, Dec.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre has announced that due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the community, they will be changing the focus of their programming and events.

DEXTER — Dexter Regional High School students will be going to remote learning through Monday, Dec.

ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association will offer a webinar about selecting suitable seeds for Maine vegetable gardens from noon–1 p.

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By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County Administrator Bill Collins had been on the job two weeks in September 2002 when he went to late Commissioner Tom Davis and said, “You’ve made a big mistake.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff Pleasant River Lumber Co.

ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar about preparing edible holiday gifts from 2–3 p.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff Students at Foxcroft Academy in Dover-Foxcroft will continue to study remotely next week, as they did on Thanksgiving week, while the air handling system is upgraded.

Celebrate the holiday season in the festively decorated Moosehead Lake Region with the annual Deck the Halls.

MONSON — The Monson Historical Society Gift Shop will be open from 10 a.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering a new statewide birding club for youth ages 9–18, with online monthly meetings to be scheduled December through April.

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff Honey Bear is a survivor.

By Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — About 78 percent of eligible Maine voters cast their ballots in the November election, increasing turnout that is normally among the nation’s highest in a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic.

By Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff A small tribe with roots in the Moosehead Lake region will restart a bid for state recognition after being turned down by the Maine Legislature more than 180 years ago when forebears driven off their land asked for a tract to start anew.

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

By Charles Eichacker, Bangor Daily News Staff The parent organization of Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor lost more than $100 million in patient revenue as the coronavirus pandemic forced it to cancel or delay many surgeries and other services last spring.