Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part story about a winter expedition in Baxter State Park.

By BDN Staff Writers A bill to grant state recognition for a second band of Maliseets could be complicated by larger conversations around sovereignty in Maine.

BANGOR — In the year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, tens of thousands of Americans have stepped up to address the needs of those reeling from the pandemic as well as record-breaking disasters across the country.

GREENVILLE — Grade 1-8 students at the Greenville Consolidated School are now in remote learning through Monday, March 8 following a positive case of COVID-19 at the school, Superintendent Kelly MacFadyen said a Feb 28 letter to families posted at https://www.

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By Kim Brawn, Thompson Free Library DOVER-FOXCROFT — Characters are central to stories.

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By Judy Harrison Bangor Daily News Staff There are 10,000 more criminal cases awaiting a resolution in Maine than there were a year ago, but the increase has been most pronounced in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties.

By Rhonda Arey SHIRLEY — Grooming on a regular basis.

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

By Jessica Piper and Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Maine hospitals anticipate another surge in demand for COVID-19 vaccines after state officials announced residents aged 60 and older would be next in line for shots, an extension to a greater population than previously anticipated.

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily News Staff Mention scorpions and you are likely to think of those desert arachnids with the curved tails and the venomous stinger on the end.

GREENVILLE — Recognizing that affordably priced housing for the workforce is a critical element to supporting the economic growth in the Moosehead Region, the Moosehead Lake Region Economic Development Corporation has made the decision to acquire a 5.

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

GREENVILLE — Since 2007, Bangor-based Premium Choice Broadband, a member of the Varney family of companies, has worked tirelessly to extend state-of-the-art internet access to rural Maine.

By John Holyoke, Bangor Daily News Staff We’ll wrap up our unofficial “fisher week” of trail cam photos with one from Jeff Fayle of Medway.

Grade eight, high honors: Lucas Chai, Lydia Gauvin, Tristan Goodwin, Rylee Heal, Wyatt Ladd and McKenzie McMahon; honors: Naima Ali, Meadow Brennan, Lily Coons, Abigail Davis, Mackenzie Fernald, Caiden Fowles and Samantha Lane.

By Rosemary Lausier, Bangor Daily News Staff This story will be updated.