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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.

With Hampden waste plant’s reopening in the works, Orrington rival sees chance to collaborate

By David Marino Jr.

George Smith worked hard for Maine outdoors enthusiasts

By John Holyoke Bangor Daily News Staff When I began writing outdoors columns for the Bangor Daily News 19 years ago, I reached out to a lot of people in an effort to more fully understand the job I’d be expected to do.

Maine sees new coronavirus cases dip below 100 for 1st time since early November

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

Pine Tree Hospice offering online volunteer training for non-medical volunteers

Are you looking for something rewarding to do? Would you like to support an isolated neighbor but not sure how? There is a need for non-medical volunteers within Pine Tree Hospice’s service area of Piscataquis County and parts of Penobscot and Somerset counties.

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