AUGUSTA — Throughout 2021, Maine’s volunteer heroes continued to navigate through great challenges to support the communities they call home.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Stopping at the nearest tagging station on the way out of the woods to register and weigh a deer is a longstanding tradition among Maine hunters.

BRUNSWICK – To address the shortage of child care providers in rural Maine, Coastal Enterprises, Inc.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff The price of single family homes in Maine rose over the past year, along with the number of homes sold throughout the state.

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BANGOR – Strengthening communities has never been more important, making this the optimal time for United Way of Eastern Maine and United Way of Mid Maine to officially align service areas, with the mutual goal of increasing impact both locally and across the region.

BREWER – Following a comprehensive search for a new senior vice president and chief strategy officer, Northern Light Health is pleased to announce that Hugh Jones will join the Northern Light team in the coming weeks.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis County Commissioners expressed disappointment in a recent broadband study, reiterating that they would prioritize and dedicate American Rescue Plan funds to radio communications upgrades for the county’s emergency responders.

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By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff While the final numbers have yet to be calculated, it appears the COVID-19 pandemic continues spurring people to pursue outdoor activities in Maine.

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GUILFORD – Valley Grange members and friends are delivering bags of children’s’ socks to local schools (Piscataquis Community, SeDoMoCha, Brownville, Ridge View, and Harmony elementary schools) for distribution to kids who need them during what is undoubtedly some of the most bitterly cold weather so far this year.

District will be in remote learning through Monday, Jan, 24 MILO — SAD 41 is among the Maine school districts following the latest standard operating procedure from the Maine Department of Education.

ORONO — Maine’s attorney general and four other individuals with differing personal and professional perspectives will address the topic “The State of Civil Rights in Maine” as part of eastern and central Maine’s 2022 Martin Luther King Jr.

GUILFORD — An early step for a proposed regional comprehensive high school concerns the governance of the secondary institution.

AUGUSTA – The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) and the Maine Department of Education announced today further revisions to the Maine CDC’s Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for responding to COVID-19 in schools.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff When Laurie and Norm Turner began building their home in Medford 15 years ago, they designed it so they could sit at the kitchen table and watch birds and other wildlife through the windows.