1 year ago Maine Masons encourage thousands of kids to read through ‘Bikes for Books’ HOLDEN — Maine Masonic Charitable Foundation and local Maine Masonic Lodges provide bicycles for students to win, simply by reading books.
1 year ago Free meals for SAD 4 students GUILFORD — SAD 4/RSU 80 schools are participating in Special Provision II.
1 year ago Parkman Grange awards 2023 Minnie Welts Bridge Scholarships PARKMAN — The Parkman Grange awarded four SAD 4 area college students Minnie Welts Bridge Scholarships of $500 each for the 2023-24 school year.
1 year ago Find out if you received a 2023 Maine antlerless deer permit By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff The winners of the 2023 Maine antlerless deer permit lottery are officially out.
1 year ago Maine was only state to gain income from pandemic population shifts Every county saw increase in tax revenue due to in-migration By Kathleen O”Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is the only state where every county gained income from 2020 to 2021, due to a swelling population during the COVID-19 pandemic when people fled large cities in favor of safer, more rural communities, a new study found.
1 year ago New aquatic invasives law tightens restrictions on boaters in Maine By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is a popular place for residents and vacationers alike and many folks spend time during the summer fishing, boating and water skiing on the state’s lakes and ponds.
1 year ago Hypothermic 85-year-old Parkman man rescued from bog By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff An 85-year-old man was found at the edge of a bog in Piscataquis County on Monday night, Aug.
1 year ago University of Maine dean’s list ORONO — The University of Maine recognized 3,016 students for achieving dean’s list honors in the spring 2023 semester.
1 year ago Maine’s latest newsroom will add to growing ideological media landscape By Bill Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff The news landscape in Maine is changing, and that’s not only due to the recent sale of the Portland Press Herald and sister papers to a national nonprofit.
1 year ago This is what Maine’s referendum ballot will look like in November By Sam Canfield, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s secretary of state has randomly selected the order of the referendum on the ballot for the Nov.
1 year ago Full-scope family medicine physician joins Northern Light Mayo Hospital and Northern Light Primary Care, Sangerville DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Mayo and CA Dean Hospitals are pleased to welcome family practitioner Kristin Hartt, MD to their healthcare teams and to their communities.
1 year ago EMDC launches program to empower post-2020 businesses BANGOR — Eastern Maine Development Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of the Economic Recovery Implementation HUB program, in collaboration with DECD.
1 year ago County to upgrade jail camera system DOVER-FOXCROFT — Earlier in the month Head of Maintenance Josh York told the Piscataquis County commissioners that as of October the jail camera system will not be able to take any more updates as the Windows operating program is out of date.
1 year ago Husson University spring honors BANGOR — The following local students have been named to the spring 2023 president’s list at Husson University, for attaining a GPA of 3.
1 year ago University of Maine at Augusta spring president’s and dean’s lists AUGUSTA — University of Maine at Augusta Interim President and Provost Joseph Szakas announces the spring 2023 full-time and part-time president’s lists and the spring 2023 full-time and part-time dean’s lists.
1 year ago Northern Light Health earns elite analytics designation BREWER — This week, Northern Light Health became the first healthcare system in New England to achieve the HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) Adoption Model for Analytics Stage 6 designation, which measures the success of analytics strategy and competency.