By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s outdoor recreation economy has generally happened on its own, but the state has a plan to more deliberately grow it 10 percent in as many years.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Anglers are invited to Sebec Lake for the 14th annual Dover-Foxcroft Firefighters Association Ice Fishing Derby on Saturday, Feb.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolTIGER ROYALTY — The Winter Carnival week at Dexter Regional High School concluded with the election of the Winter Carnival court.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — A Corinth man was fatally shot in a public Bangor park in 2024 because he allegedly owed another man $600, according to an affidavit released Feb.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine voters may decide this November whether to require an identification to cast a ballot.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — Five people on Feb.

By Kevin Miller, Maine Public Maine’s attorney general is appealing a recent court decision that suspended a new law requiring gun buyers to wait three days before taking possession of the firearm.

DEXTER — Dexter Regional High School students and staff participated in Winter Carnival activities during the week of Feb.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A week after the opening of the Piscataquis Area Community Center at 48 Park St.

MILO — The town of Milo hopes to break ground on the new public safety building later this year.

By Rose Lundy, The Maine Monitor As the nomination of Robert F.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The 1975 Class B championship Foxcroft Academy basketball team star Kevin Nelson and head coach Skip Hanson joined author David Albee at the Center Theatre for a book launch on Feb.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine will have a new top federal prosecutor under President Donald Trump, after U.

MILO — What do alpacas, camels, goats, and sheep have in common with corn silk, cotton bolls, kitty cats, and silk worms? The answer is: they all provide fibers for spinners and knitters.

By Emmett Gartner, The Maine Monitor Residents in Dover-Foxcroft could see their property tax bills increase by hundreds of dollars each year if the town commits to maintaining its ailing dam on the Piscataquis River to federal standards, officials said at a meeting in early February.

PORTLAND — Continuing its mission of bringing joy to kids battling hunger or illness across the country, the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation distributed more than $3 million over the course of 2024 to support more than 100 nonprofit organizations operating across the Northeast region, including nearly $267,000 in Maine.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff It started out as a curiosity.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre for the Performing Arts has announced that it has opened a new escape room in their small theater called “The Lair of the Gamemaster”.