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George Smith picked up birding binoculars late in life and bridged a divide

By Bob Duchesne George Smith passed away last week.

Managing Maine’s moose webinar Tuesday evening

Join MDIFW Moose Biologist Lee Kantar live at 6:30 p.

University of Maine Center on Aging awarded funding to support 119 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP volunteers

ORONO — The University of Maine Center on Aging has received an AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP grant to support 119 volunteers serving in Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis and Washington counties, where the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program program has provided service opportunities for people ages 55 and older since 2003.

Another Mainer dies and 134 more coronavirus cases are reported across the state

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

U.S. Sens. Collins, King announce $3M for Community Health and Counseling Services

Androscoggin commissioners reject anti-mask resolution

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff A weekslong controversy over an anti-mask resolution that roiled the Androscoggin County Commission came to end on Wednesday evening when commissioners rejected it.

Catholic bishop calls Janet Mills’ religious gatherings order ‘totally unacceptable’

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland blasted Gov.

UMaine Extension offers agricultural industry updates Feb. 24

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer two educational updates for the agricultural industry 7–8 p.

Clip invented by Dexter native used in construction of UMaine’s new engineering building

By Nina Mahaleris, Penobscot Times Construction workers raised the final beam completing the steel structure of a new $78 million engineering building at the University of Maine on Feb.

Another Mainer dies and 218 more coronavirus cases are reported across the state

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

Gov. Mills continues State of Civil Emergency

AUGUSTA — Gov.

U.S. Sen. Collins announces designations of three new National Scenic Byways

WASHINGTON — U.

Solo dog sled expedition to raise funds to honor hero dog

FORT KENT — To help install a monument to a sled dog that helped deliver medication during a 1925 pandemic, a Seppala Siberian dog sled team will depart at noon on Saturday, Feb.

You can view Katahdin anytime you want thanks to these webcams

By Aislinn Sarnacki, Bangor Daily News Staff Would you like to know what Katahdin, Maine’s tallest mountain, looks like this very second? You can.

3 more Mainers die and 104 more cases are reported across the state

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

Developer will seek up to $135M to finance Moosehead Lake ski resort

By Judy Harrison Bangor Daily News Staff Piscataquis County Commissioners on Tuesday formally backed the development of a year-round resort with new ski lifts, a hotel, marina, condominiums and more at the site of a longtime ski area overlooking Moosehead Lake that has fallen into disrepair.

County revises policy to increase minimum cost for a project to go out to bid

DOVER-FOXCROFT — To make it easier for planned and unexpected work to be done around the region, the Piscataquis County Commissioners have raised the minimum amount needed for projects to go out to bid from $5,000 to $10,000.

Preparing to journey into the heart of Baxter State Park in the winter

By Ron Chase My last winter trip into Baxter State Park three years ago was a disappointment for me.

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