Sun Journal photo staff favorites from the past week.

Lee Holman of Hartford believes deeply in community service and home-raised food.

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin says the filibuster 'maybe has to be more painful.'

This year's event was the first without the towering presence of U.S. Rep. John Lewis, Rev. Joseph Lowery, the Rev. C.T. Vivian and attorney Bruce Boynton, who all died in 2020.

The bill includes restricting partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts and expanding access to voter registration.

Many essential workers are still not eligible to get a vaccine in states lifting mandates.

However, the New York governor – who is facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment – said at a press conference Sunday that it would be 'anti-democratic' for him to step down.

Legal experts say the murder case against the Minneapolis police officer who pressed his knee on George Floyd's neck is no slam dunk, despite powerful bystander video from the scene.

With vaccinations ramping up and state officials easing pandemic restrictions, Maine is hoping to return to somewhat of a normal summer.

As COVID-19 cases ebb and long-term care facilities resume in-person visits, concern is growing that these are precarious gains without continued vaccine allocations and fully inoculated staffs.

Public health experts are cautious, but with widespread vaccination the virus may be under enough control that activities can return closer to what they were before the pandemic.

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We talk to area residents about the losses and the lessons one year after COVID hit Maine.

Residents voted Saturday morning, from the comfort of their cars at the town's recreation field, to approve a $1.1 million municipal budget.

Supported in part by a state grant, the extension would have connected an existing sidewalk to Stratton School.

The $1.9 million budget was about $80,000 less than the previous year.

Jennifer Billings will serve on the Board of Selectmen for the next three years, replacing retired chairman Michael Grass.

It's an issue facing states nationwide: whether to prioritize a population seen by many at best as an afterthought, separate from the public, and at worst as undeserving.

In a stop rich in symbolism, Pope Francis will visit a church damaged during the Islamic State's reign of terror in the town of Qaraqosh, a center for Christian life in Iraq

Sen. Angus King says the coronavirus has 'devastated' the country and inaction was too costly, while Sen. Susan Collins criticizes Democrats for not embracing her much smaller alternative plan.

'This demonstrates that the virus has a sort of intelligence,' says the mayor of an Italian city that's been the epicenter of three surges.

Portland, Oregon, last year dissolved a special police unit designed to focus on gun violence during the national reckoning over racial injustice.

The struggles of homelessness have been accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic, as already tight housing stock over the last year has become even tighter while state protections against evictions limit new housing options.

Here are six tips to minimize the problems that can arise from the change to daylight saving time.

More than 1,000 participants spanned the whole of Cobbossee Lake on Saturday for an ice fishing derby that drew participants from out of state.

Best bagels in U.S.? Food and Wine magazine lists three Maine bakeries.

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.

The huge measure – its total spending is nearly one-tenth the size of the entire U.S. economy – is Biden’s biggest early priority.

Dylan Wilcox and Amazia Sylvester were arrested this week and charged with trafficking fentanyl, the Maine DEA said.

Scammers are posing as Maine Department of Labor officials to steal people's personal information.

Vaccine eligibility was widened this past week to school staff members, and Maine is relaxing travel and business restrictions ahead of the tourist season.

A member of the “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team has died at a treatment center for mental illness

The Senate's version is slightly different from the House bill, and some key provisions remained in flux Friday night.

Selectmen to decide time and place April 5.

A public hearing on the 36 articles will be held March 16 via Zoom.

Students and instructors help St. Mary's food pantry.

Investigators found the remains of an adult believed to be homeowner Christopher Keirstead on Friday.

The Planning Board granted CMP with a permit to construct five high-transmission poles.

A U.S. senator from Pennsylvania congratulated Lewiston and Bangor for being among six cities that would benefit from COVID-19 relief funding if a $1.9 trillion is adopted.

The roundabout, back-and-forth drive lasted just 33 minutes and went so well that more driving is on tap for the the six-wheeled vehicle.

The lockup will switch from a holding facility to a full-service jail in July.

More dedicated vaccine clinics for school staff are to start next week.

Proposed Stop Guilt by Accusation Act introduced in Augusta follows failed efforts to pass the measure in other states.

Bill Gillespie gets his COVID-19 booster at a special drive-thru.

The main entrance for the 20-megawatt project would be on Sabattus Street, near the Country Lane Estates neighborhood.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced changes to pandemic restrictions designed to help the economy while still keeping residents and visitors safe.

Each district will notify teachers and staff where they can sign up for their shots at clinics that will take place beginning next Friday.