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People are flocking to Maine to hunt and fish during the pandemic

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff While the final numbers have yet to be calculated, it appears the COVID-19 pandemic continues spurring people to pursue outdoor activities in Maine.

Amid omicron surge, Maine schools won’t have to conduct contact tracing

By David Marino Jr.

SAD 41 instructing under revised standard operating procedure

District will be in remote learning through Monday, Jan, 24 MILO — SAD 41 is among the Maine school districts following the latest standard operating procedure from the Maine Department of Education.

Evans will be part of MLK Day panel on ‘The State of Civil Rights in Maine’

ORONO — Maine’s attorney general and four other individuals with differing personal and professional perspectives will address the topic “The State of Civil Rights in Maine” as part of eastern and central Maine’s 2022 Martin Luther King Jr.

Regional high school awaiting governance approval from Legislature

GUILFORD — An early step for a proposed regional comprehensive high school concerns the governance of the secondary institution.

Maine CDC and Maine Department of Education revise COVID-19 Guidance for schools to support in-person learning during Omicron surge

AUGUSTA – The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) and the Maine Department of Education announced today further revisions to the Maine CDC’s Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for responding to COVID-19 in schools.

Resourceful fox climbs an apple tree to grab a winter snack

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff When Laurie and Norm Turner began building their home in Medford 15 years ago, they designed it so they could sit at the kitchen table and watch birds and other wildlife through the windows.

Masons provide 250 meals with Santa Project

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

Evans introduces bill to advance affordable health care coverage

AUGUSTA – Rep.

Dirigo Reads to add schools for 2022-23

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.

Pleasant River Headwaters Forest to be conserved through grant funding

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.

PCSWCD offers online pre-sale for fruit trees

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.

Maine DOE and MCCS partner to offer free college courses for adult ed students

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

Teachers of the Year nominees sought

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

State of Maine creates property tax deferral program for qualifying residents

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

More than 1,000 Maine hospital staffers missed work Wednesday due to COVID

By David Marino Jr.

County to provide $7,000 for Brownville slope study

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Commissioners agreed in September to provide $7,000 to the town of Brownville for a slope study.

$141,000 in MaineCF transportation grants will benefit older Maine people

Programs that assist older Maine people with transportation received a total $141,000 in grant funding in 2021 through the Maine Charity Foundation Fund and three donor-advised funds at the Maine Community Foundation.

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