By Matthew LaRoche, Allagash Wilderness Waterway superintendent After 44 years of dedicated service managing two of Maine’s most iconic rivers, I am calling it a career.

By Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Health officials are encouraging Mainers in their 50s to sign up for COVID-19 vaccines as scores of appointments remain available after the state received a record number of doses this week.

By David Marino Jr.

ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering a virtual cultural exchange club for youth, best suited for ages 12–18 years, with its first meeting scheduled for 9:30–10:30 a.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Another five Mainers have died as health officials on Wednesday reported 251 more coronavirus cases across the state.

By David Marino Jr.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — State epidemiologists have closed their investigation into a COVID-19 outbreak at the Penobscot County Jail, as the facility has gone at least two weeks without a new case of the virus, according to a Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention spokesperson.

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Regional Fisheries Supervisor Tim Obrey will discuss the trophy brook trout fishery that has developed on Moosehead Lake and the recent research and management associated with these shore-spawning fish.

By David Marino Jr.

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

By The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine  — A proposal to expand the use of a ranked voting system in Maine has succeeded in committee and will move on to the full legislature.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine continues to top most other states in the number and duration of power outages caused primarily by severe weather and downed trees, but regulators and utilities are aiming to improve upon that dubious distinction.

The Education and Outreach Committee of the Piscataquis County Democrats offered a public program entitled, “Community Conversation: Women’s Perspectives on Living in Rural Maine” on March 20.

By Kim Brawn, Thompson Free Library April is our bridge to spring.

Three of Maine’s largest conservation groups have moved to add the U.

Each year the Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District hosts a volunteer workday at each of the public lands it manages.

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

By David Marino Jr.