By Sam Schipani, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine without ice fishing, snowmobiling, cross country skiing and dogsledding hardly seems like the state we know — but that may be a reality outdoor enthusiasts are facing with warming winters.

DEXTER — Demolition work to remove the remaining structure of a fire-damaged home at 85 High St.

Access to reliable connectivity causes a divide between youth who have access and those who do not.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Whether lined up in pickup trucks outside the school, billowing in the wind, or attached to the music stands of marching band members as they performed the national anthem, American flags were proudly on display at Foxcroft Academy — in big ways and small — as students honored veterans this week.

By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff The longtime leader of schools in the Old Town area is retiring at the end of this school year, and the local school board is kicking off its search for his replacement this month.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s new U.

Up to 30 percent of adults in the U.

Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger is pleased to announce it is launching a new fundraising initiative just in time for the holidays.

GUILFORD — With the coronavirus case numbers improving, SAD 4 officials have opted to keep the Safe Return to School Plan as is, meaning masks will remain optional in accordance with the wishes of parents or/guardians.

BREWER — Ensuring you always have access to your COVID-19 vaccination information just got easier.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — A former Limerick man who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for hitting a pedestrian on the Fourth of July in 2016 has died.

DEXTER — Mission accomplished! A total of 283 insulating window inserts are now snugly fitted into area churches and homes.

By Jessica Piper, Bangor Daily News Staff More than 3,000 younger Maine kids got their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in the first week after it received federal approval, with nearly half of those shots in highly vaccinated Cumberland County.

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

By Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Vaccination gaps in rural areas in Maine are among the major factors sustaining a recent COVID-19 plateau that is not likely to wane soon, experts say.

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By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff A new study of white-tailed deer in Iowa suggests many of those animals have active COVID-19 disease, likely contracted it from humans and are spreading it to each other, according to The New York Times.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Maine Department of Transportation engineers are expected to remove unstable pieces of concrete on a bridge along East Main Street in December, Town Manager Jack Clukey said during the Dover-Foxcroft Select Board meeting Monday.