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.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Friday night cooking fire left a two-story house in Dover-Foxcroft largely unaffected besides a damaged microwave and the lingering smell of smoke.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — In June, after 36 years, Dave’s World of Dover-Foxcroft announced the sale of the home and appliance portion of their company.

By The Associated Press An 83-year-old from Alabama started walking when he retired more than a quarter-century ago — and never stopped.

The Maine School Boards Association awarded Distinguished Service Awards this year to Department of Education Commissioner Pender Makin, Maine CDC Director Dr.

By Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Central Maine Power Co.

ORONO — Glenda Pereira has been named assistant Extension professor and statewide dairy specialist with University of Maine Cooperative Extension.

Free workshops for prevention and management of diabetes available During National Diabetes Month, Healthy Living for ME is encouraging Mainers to take advantage of the programs and resources they offer to help people prevent and manage the disease.

MILO — Efforts to continue adding to the Penquis Valley Community Playground have received a boost with the awarding of a $6,906 grant from the Gloria C.

By Lia Russell, Bangor Daily News Staff As heating prices continue to rise and winter approaches, Gov.

DEXTER — Administrators across SAD 46 are feeling hopeful that COVID-19 case and quarantine numbers in district schools are coming down and the worst may be over.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Maine Department of Transportation engineers are monitoring and planning potential repairs for a piece of a bridge along East Main Street that appears to be crumbling.

By Julia Bayly, Bangor Daily New Staff To the casual observer, it looks like there are more albino or piebald critters wandering around the Maine woods or flying overhead these days.

HARMONY — Game wardens are offering a $3,000 reward to catch a poacher.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — Penobscot County is asking architectural firms for proposals to add about 100 beds to its existing jail on Hammond Street in Bangor, marking the county’s latest attempt to ease overcrowding at the 161-year-old facility that regularly exceeds its licensed capacity of 157 inmates.