DEXTER — USDA Rural Development State Director Virginia Manuel has announced an investment of $815,700 for five projects across Maine that will provide important benefits in Maine’s rural communities, including for the Dexter Utility District.

BROWNVILLE — During National Health Center Week, Health and Human Services announced $169 million in Affordable Care Act funding to 266 new health center sites across the U.

Two 14-year-old Bangor girls were found safe during the early morning hours of Aug.

named one of the  ‘2015 Best Places to Work in Maine’ The Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union was recently named as one of the 2015 Best Places to Work in Maine.

  By Nok-Noi Ricker BDN Staff DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine — Murder suspect Robert Burton does not want to publicly disclose how he eluded capture for more than two months while multiple law enforcement agencies conducted an intensive search for him, according to his attorney.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Plans are well underway for the 2016 election, at both the national and state levels, Maine Republican Party Chair Rick Bennett of Oxford told members of the Piscataquis County Republican Committee during an Aug.

SEBEC — Citizens gave their approval to a municipal budget of just over $590,600 for the 2015-16 fiscal year during the 38-article annual town meeting on Aug.

  By Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer MILO — A pair of familiar faces will be in somewhat new places for the upcoming school year as the new principals for the Brownville and Milo elementary schools were appointed and transferred respectively during an Aug.

By Stuart Hedstrom Staff Writer DEXTER — In order to get a minimum standard for the maintenance of the premises surrounding buildings and vacant lots, the Dexter Town Council gave its approval to a property maintenance ordinance during a monthly meeting on Aug.

  Brownville Days returned for the first time in five years on Aug.