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Inmate dies at Mountain View Correctional Facility

By Leigh Tass, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — The Maine Department of Corrections reported an inmate died at the Mountain View Correctional Facility Saturday, Aug.

Back to school means new devices, applications, and perhaps conversations about the first phone

This month, thousands of students across Maine will bid farewell to the lazy days of summer as they return to school.

Jared Golden criticizes reporter for asking if he’ll vote in presidential election

By Paul Koenig, Bangor Daily News Staff U.

University of Southern Maine dean’s list

GORHAM – The University of Southern Maine would like to congratulate students named to the spring 2024 dean’s list.

Golden still won’t say if he’ll back Kamala Harris

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff and Paula Brewer, The Star-Herald Staff MADAWASKA — U.

Healthy herd gives promise to thousands with antlerless deer permits

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s deer herd is healthy and is one of the largest the state’s ever had, according to a deer biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

SAD 4 officials watching athletic participation numbers

GUILFORD — On Monday, Aug.

Mainers can now request absentee ballots for this November’s presidential election

By Nick Song, Maine Public Mainers can now request their absentee ballots for November’s general election.

Brownville Days events Friday and Saturday

BROWNVILLE — The Bicentennial edition (1824 to 2024) of Brownville Days will feature events on Friday, Aug.

Beers, artisanal breads are boosting Maine’s grain growing economy

By Kathleen Phalen Tomasselli, Houlton Pioneer Times Staff LINNEUS — As new markets for locally grown grains emerge, Maine farmers are learning from the state’s pioneers in the field how to transition from growing grains as potato rotation crops to producing them for breads, craft beers, tofu, tempeh and even field pea fritters.

What is going on at Northern Light?

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Instability caused by the pandemic continues to force one of Maine’s largest health care providers to scale back or cut services — and there are likely more “painful” changes on the horizon.

Maine Red Hot Dog Festival returns to Dexter

Observer photo/Stuart HedstromEVERYONE’S A WEINER – The seventh edition of the Maine Red Hot Dog Festival was held in downtown Dexter on Saturday, Aug.

SeDoMoCha is a Special Provision School

DOVER-FOXCROFT — SeDoMoCha has one or more schools that participate in Special Provision II.

Maine will join new IRS program letting taxpayers file free returns

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers tired of relying on paid tax preparers will soon have a new free option, with the state saying it will opt in to the Internal Revenue Service’s Direct File system by next year.

Here is what you said in the state’s moose survey

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff From the effects of development and predation to skewed bull-cow ratios and suggestions about the annual hunt, Mainers recorded their observations about changes in the population of the state’s most iconic animal — the moose — in a management survey.

How the chaotic presidential race is shaping politics in Maine’s 2nd District

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — More than five weeks of political turmoil, including the replacement of President Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket, is putting presidential politics at the center of the election in Maine’s swing 2nd Congressional District.

Parkman Grange awards Minnie Welts Bridge Scholarships

PARKMAN — The Parkman Grange awarded six SAD 4 area college students Minnie Welts Bridge Scholarships of $500, each, for the 2024-25 school year.

Waitlist for Meals on Wheels grows amid funding deficit

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff The group that runs Greater Bangor’s meal delivery program for older residents is still facing a six-figure funding gap despite months of fundraising — and the waitlist for the service has only grown.

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