Is there really a root that can cure 98 percent of all cancer cells in 48 hours? Not likely, but a member of the Maine Legislature thinks it’s true.

BANGOR — The defending two-time state champion Houlton High School Shiretowners were clinging to a one-point lead with 2:25 remaining in the Class B North championship after the determined Foxcroft Academy Ponies had rallied from a 10-point, second-half deficit.

These last two weeks, during my visit to a small market/redemption center for a quart of milk, and in conversation with a waitress in a chain restaurant, Maine’s minimum wage was front-and-center.

The needless, accidental death of a young, healthy person in the prime of life is profoundly tragic.

Bangor Daily News photo/Ashley L.

BANGOR — The Dexter Regional High School girls basketball team isn’t going to wow opponents with slick ball handling, nifty dribble-penetration sequences and lots of 3-pointers.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Even though the snow keeps falling, we are starting to see and hear the signs of springtime! Now is the time to plan ahead for your orchards, gardens and natural landscape.

BANGOR — The Maine Association of Basketball Coaches recently announced that four players from the region have been chosen for the 2017 Maine McDonald’s Senior All-Star Games on Saturday, March 11 at Newman Gymnasium on the campus of Husson University.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Any compassionate adult with a little time to spare may become a Pine Tree Hospice volunteer.

Photo courtesy of Tom Gerrish/Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis NEW KIWANIS MEMBER — Lauraine Piquette recently joined the Kiwanis Club of Dover-Foxcroft.