By Christopher Bouchard, St.

GARLAND — Six candidates addressed the Garland Republican caucus on Sunday, Feb.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Her jacket sleeve is still frozen and the garment smells too fishy to bring into the family’s camp, but Rachel McMannus of Old Town is all smiles.

By Emily Burnham Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s state fossil is Pertica quadrifaria, a plant that lived nearly 400 million years ago during the Devonian period, fossilized remains of which were discovered in 1968 in Baxter State Park.

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By Victoria Eastman Though the date was Feb.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — We are still in the midst of the 2023-24 school year but before you know it, another school year will be gone by.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Winter ticks that plague juvenile moose are at one of the lowest levels researchers have seen in 11 years.

GREENVILLE — A promise made by hospital leadership, staff, and the community to be able to continue to offer quality health care for the Moosehead Lake Region has been kept with the opening of a brand new facility for Northern Light CA Dean Hospital.

AUGUSTA —The Maine Department of Education partnered with News Center Maine to highlight the voices of teachers and school staff sharing why they #LoveTeaching during a weeklong national campaign.

A dog named Pua, who captivated a small Maine town when he went missing last June, is up for adoption to someone who will continue his training to become a therapy dog.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff EXETER — A barn on Brown Road in Exeter burned flat Saturday, Feb.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff More than 9,800 marijuana plants were seized by police across Maine in less than a week.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Elyse Nutter of Sebec, a senior at Foxcroft Academy, has been selected to receive the 2024 MPA Principal’s Award.

AUGUSTA – Five history students from Greenville Consolidated School journeyed to Augusta recently to see Maine’s government in action.

At an event held on Feb.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Dover-Foxcroft couple has transformed a farmhouse built in 1890 into a four-bedroom house with an attached barn for upscale weddings and other events.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff There were two snowmobile crashes and three sleds through the ice or into the open water recently on Moosehead Lake, according to the Rockwood Fire Department.