By Sam Schipani, Bangor Daily News Staff Broccoli florets are delicious and nutritious, but the stems are often overlooked — or even thrown away.

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Staff When I told my best pals that I’d decided to pursue another professional opportunity, stepping away from regular employment at the Bangor Daily News and heading to graduate school, their response was predictable.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Shiretown Homecoming Committee announces the cancelation of its 2021 celebration due to uncertainties and limitations related to the coronavirus pandemic.

BANGOR — For the sixth time in the past seven years, Bangor Savings Bank received the highest ranking in customer satisfaction in the New England region for the J.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Northern Light Health has adapted care and service to meet the needs of our communities.

By Kim Brawn, Thompson Free Library If you’ve been in close proximity to the Thompson Free Library in Dover-Foxcroft recently, you’ve seen the large white tent outside.

By RJ Heller, BDN Down East contributor Many of us like to hear a good story, and if you’re lucky enough to live in Maine, there are many stories to be found along the footpaths of forests and coastline.

By Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA, Maine — More than a dozen COVID-19 vaccination sites in Maine will offer doses without appointments next week in a rapid and marked shift from scarce doses and few appointments to little issue getting a shot as the vaccine effort continues.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Retired Educators met April 27 at the home of President Rheba Michaud with 12 members attending.

GREENVILLE — Well-known balladeer Anni Clark is no stranger to Moosehead Lake.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre for the Performing Arts in Dover-Foxcroft is holding a fundraising event in early May to benefit area Neonatal Intensive Care Units and the Theatre’s children’s summer drama camps.

HALLOWELL – NAMI Maine, the state branch for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has released its 2020 annual report to kick off Mental Health Awareness Month.

GUILFORD — The Guilford United Methodist Church has a community garden.

By Abigail Curtis, Bangor Daily News Staff STOCKTON SPRINGS — Before Stu Kallgren and Sue Dunham started coming to the historic Mount Recluse Cemetery on Cape Jellison in Stockton Springs to repair and clean old gravestones, it was something of a mess.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Northern Light C.

Blood donation centers locally and nationwide are experiencing a decline in blood collection, some seeing the lowest donor turnout in more than a year.

By David Marino Jr.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, Star Herald Staff Maine’s domestic violence homicides account for nearly half of all homicides in the state, a number that has remained about the same for the past two decades.