By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, Houlton Pioneer Times Staff As total solar eclipse fever heightens and chasers get ready to view a cosmic rarity, eye safety precautions can get pushed aside for more glamorous plans.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff It’s not your imagination.

Grade 12, high honors: Ashley Willis, Cassandra Boislard, Christopher Crockett, Hannah Legere, Layla Chai; honors: Brandon Harvey, Damion Drake, Destiny Sibert, Dylan McKenzie, Jasmine MacGregor-Gray, Jayden Sprague, Logan Pomeroy, Tyler Grant.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is uniquely situated for a front-row seat to a rare astronomical phenomenon.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Bangor’s largest health care system saw significantly lower financial losses in 2023 but was still in the red, as hospitals nationwide worked to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

BREWER – Northern Light Health is excited to release our 2023 Annual Report.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Her jacket sleeve is still frozen and the garment smells too fishy to bring into the family’s camp, but Rachel McMannus of Old Town is all smiles.

By Victoria Eastman Though the date was Feb.

AUGUSTA —The Maine Department of Education partnered with News Center Maine to highlight the voices of teachers and school staff sharing why they #LoveTeaching during a weeklong national campaign.

At an event held on Feb.

By Zara Norman, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Federal teams are on the ground to get aid to homeowners, renters and small businesses after storms that battered Maine in December and January with other programs likely coming from the state to fill gaps.

Democrats from across Piscataquis County participated in caucuses on Sunday, Feb.

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In a celestial spectacle set to captivate Maine communities, the Total Solar Eclipse on Monday, April 8, promises an awe-inspiring natural phenomenon that won’t occur again in the U.

MILO — With the calendar having changed to a new year a month-plus ago, SAD 41 administrators are busy with budget preparations for the upcoming academic year.

MILO — The Milo Fire Department has located a vehicle that would replace a more than 40-year-old ladder truck.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The process to move the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center from cramped conditions in the Piscataquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft into the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office in Guilford has begun.

Northern Light Health put its patient records system back online Monday after disconnecting it Saturday when it learned that servers were compromised.