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NAMI Maine seeks volunteers to teach NAMI Family-to-Family courses

HALLOWELL – NAMI Maine, a statewide nonprofit organization providing education, support and advocacy for people living with mental illness and their families, is seeking volunteers interested in being trained as certified NAMI Family-to-Family teachers.

Dr. Evans introduces legislation to help with insurance enrollment

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Four things you need to know before you stock your pond with fish

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff For some people, a pond is not fully a pond unless it has fish in it.

Maine Highlands FCU raises $17K to end hunger

Even though it was a difficult year for fundraising in 2020, Maine Highlands Federal Credit was able to raise over $17,000 for the Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger.

Maine counties chafe at lower-than-expected payments from wind farms

By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News Staff For nearly two decades, commercial wind farms have been touted in Maine as a way to generate electricity without pollution, and as a way rural locales in Maine can generate revenue for themselves by hosting turbines worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Partners for Peace to host annual meeting online April 15

BANGOR/DOVER-FOXCROFT — Partners for Peace will host their 2021 annual meeting from 3:30 to 4:30 p.

PCEDC looks to the future at quarterly meeting

More than a year into the coronavirus pandemic, businesses across the region have been navigating new methods of operation.

Public hearing on Moosehead Lake ski resort project TIF set for April 20

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A public hearing on tax increment financing for the project to develop a ski resort with year-round attractions on 1,700 acres overlooking Moosehead Lake in the unorganized territory outside of Greenville will be part of the next regular Piscataquis County Commissioners meeting at 8:30 a.

Maine gets record share of COVID-19 vaccine doses as small pharmacies join federal program

By Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is seeing a record of at least 88,000 new first doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week as the supply to retail pharmacies through a federal program jumped nearly 50 percent with the addition of independent pharmacies.

Northern Light has turned Bangor’s Cross Center into a well-oiled vaccination machine

By David Marino Jr.

295 more coronavirus cases have been reported across Maine

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff This story will be updated.

EMDC’s Maine PTAC program director receives APTAC Achievement Award

Eastern Maine Development Corporation’s Maine PTAC Program Director Ken Bloch received national recognition from the Association of Procurement Technical Assistance Centers.

How to stop raccoons from taking over your home

By Sam Schipani, Bangor Daily News Staff Raccoons can wreak havoc on your yard and house if they settle in.

Everything Mainers need to know about scheduling COVID-19 vaccine appointments

By Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff All Mainers aged 16 and older will become eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine beginning Wednesday.

Bears are out of their dens, so it’s time to move bird feeders indoors

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Staff Come springtime, some of us think of fishing.

Free lung cancer screening virtual information session being offered April 8

BANGOR — In recent years, the Northern Light Lung Cancer Screening Program has seen exceptional growth, which is good news considering Maine has one of the highest lung cancer rates of any state in the nation – a full 30 percent higher than the national average.

Maine sees highest single-day increase in new coronavirus cases in weeks

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff This story will be updated.

Gov. Mills announces all Maine residents 16 and older are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine beginning April 7

AUGUSTA — Gov.

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