BANGOR — Dirigo Reads, a program that aims to put a book in the hands of every Maine first-grader each month during the school year by 2025, is announcing the addition of 20 schools that will participate in the program during the next school year.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Perhaps no one in Maine is more eager for the high school football season to begin than Logan Martin.

One thing that unites us as a nation is land: Americans, and especially Mainers, strongly support conserving the open spaces they love.

To the Editor; The above question was attributed to Lefty Gomez, who pitched for the New York Yankees in the 1930s.

AUGUSTA — A Maine judge ruled Monday that the state Republican party gathered enough valid signatures from voters to put a challenge to a new ranked-choice voting law on the November ballot, preventing the method’s use in this presidential election.

The group that oversees huge tracts of the state’s industrial forest is warning hunters and other potential travelers to expect plenty of company in the coming weeks, and is asking for visitors to be considerate during their trips to northern Maine.

With eight spindly legs and rows of shining eyes, spiders often rouse goosebumps and shrieks of surprise.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The United Methodist Church of Dover-Foxcroft will hold a Labor Day Weekend dessert pie sale on the lawn of the church, Friday, Sept.

To the Editor; Rarely do I find Matthew Gagnon with anything significant to say; his column last week, “Political conventions don’t matter,” is no exception.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer pressure gauge testing at the UMaine Extension office, 165 East Main Street.