4 years ago The state is asking Mainers to keep track of how many deer they’re seeing For years, the common question among hunters has been, “Got your deer yet?” Thanks to a pilot program aimed at helping management efforts, this summer’s refrain might change to “Seen any deer yet?” Nathan Bieber, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s deer biologist, explained that the agency is trying to gather more data by asking Mainers to take part in the Maine Deer Spy project.
4 years ago State says school districts should plan for 3 COVID re-opening scenarios in the fall The Bangor and Brewer school departments, like many others in the state, are putting together three separate plans for reopening public schools in fall, including a full return to in-person schooling, a combination of in-person and online learning and a fully online semester.
4 years ago East Sangerville Grange farmers open online farmers’ market SANGERVILLE — The tradition of farming and the opportunities of the internet are being celebrated by the farmers of the East Sangerville Grange, as they announce the opening of their online farmers’ market — the Maine Highlands Farmers’ Market.
4 years ago 2020 Pine Tree Hospice Golf Tournament set for Aug. 22 DOVER-FOXCROFT — Golfers, you have waited long enough.
4 years ago National Digital Equity Center expands to offer free statewide digital literacy classes online MACHIAS — The National Digital Equity Center is pleased to announce that it is now offering digital literacy and computer skills classes online statewide.
4 years ago Adult ed programs to provide laptops to remote learners with help from Maine Community Foundation grant AUGUSTA — Maine Community Foundation (MaineCF) is partnering with the Maine Department of Education (DOE) to ensure that adult learners have the technology they need to continue their studies.
4 years ago Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry reminds about the risk of accidentally spreading invasive species while moving firewood AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) is reminding the public about the risk of spreading tree-killing invasive species while moving firewood.
4 years ago Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union donates $145K for sheriff’s building GUILFORD — Thanks to the generosity of the Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union, the patrol and investigation divisions of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office will have a new home in downtown Guilford at the former Key Bank building.
4 years ago Maine bird lovers will go on with annual loon count The Maine Audubon Society is going ahead with its annual count of common loons this year.
4 years ago This Maine governor never publicly embraced the Klan, but he never disavowed its support As debates rage on in Maine and around the country about the removal of monuments and renaming of buildings and locales named for slave owners, racists and other historical figures with problematic stories, other influential Mainers had similarly checkered pasts — even if there are no statues or buildings named for them.
4 years ago Paul LePage looms large over Maine’s slate of Republican legislative primaries Former Gov.
4 years ago Department of Education to release statewide survey to inform framework for returning to classroom instruction The Maine Department of Education continues to work with educators and health experts from across the state to develop health markers and corresponding plans to ensure the safe return to classroom instruction.
4 years ago Northern Light Health board elects new chair, vice chair BREWER — Kathy Corey has been elected as the next chair of the Northern Light Health Board of Directors.
4 years ago ATV registrations now required for 2020-21 ATV owners must now register or renew registrations for 2020-21.
4 years ago Maine Warden Service increasing boating patrols this holiday weekend for operation drywater This holiday weekend, the Maine Warden Service will be active patrolling Maine waterways, keeping Maine boaters safe and enforcing Maine’s boating laws in order to raise awareness about operating under the influence, removing boaters who are operating impaired and ensuring that boats are registered and boaters are wearing life jackets.
4 years ago Most waste meant for shuttered Hampden plant will temporarily go to Orrington incinerator The 115 towns that have been sending their trash to landfills over the past month since the closure of a new waste processing plant in Hampden will instead temporarily send three-quarters of their trash to the incinerator that accepted the towns’ waste until 2018.
4 years ago Guilford H.U.G.S. group provides yearbooks for students GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community School Elementary and Middle School students are receiving their yearbooks free this year, compliments of the H.