Howland Officer Injured As Warren Man Crashes Into Cruiser

Cooking over a campfire can be a major highlight of a camping trip. Or it can be a fun activity to do right in your backyard, a way to shake up your daily routine and give your kitchen a rest. While staple campfire foods like hot dogs and s’mores are wonderful options, you may want to be more adventurous with your menu — especially if you find yourself campfire cooking often.

Back in December a reader-submitted trail camera photo captured the imagination of us all. Or, at the very least, it left us wondering, “What in the world is that owl thinking?” Bob Hall sent in the pic, which showed an ambitious owl swooping down after a fast-waddling skunk. It still makes me chuckle. Today, Hall is back with another owl-related pic that I’m sure you’ll enjoy.

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set newsroom policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Michelle de Leon is a graduate student in ecology and environmental science at the University of Maine. Linda Silka, a professor emerita in the School of Economics, is a senior fellow at the Senator George J.

Last Friday’s Penobscot Valley Conference Penquis pod basketball championships weren’t merely a chance to win a title for several student-athletes at Dexter Regional High School. They also provided an opportunity to hone their broadcasting skills. Members of the school’s sports academy class took their turns playing in a championship game and then working on the broadcast team to livestream the other game of the boys and girls doubleheader on the DRHS YouTube page. Members of the girls basketball team worked first on the boys’ game broadcast, then played Central of Corinth.

A team in Bangor wants to try to break down barriers to employment for low income residents. A team in Piscataquis County hopes to more easily connect at-risk residents with social services, transportation and technology. And a team in the Katahdin region wants to build a thriving outdoor economy that puts its younger residents to work. They haven’t yet figured out exactly how to do it, but they and five other teams have $25,000 with which to come up with a plan, thanks to a new Maine initiative by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The federal bank, known commonly as the Boston Fed, received 22 applications last year from all 16 Maine counties for the Working Communities Challenge, a program that aims to mobilize Mainers to address challenges and seize opportunities in their communities, through collaborations between municipalities, organizations and businesses.

AUGUSTA, Maine — The massive spending bill on track to pass Congress this week is likely to bring more than $6 billion in new aid to Maine that will prompt years of conversation on how to use a $1.3 billion portion to buoy budgets at the state and local levels.