By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is still cleaning up from Monday’s storm, and by all accounts, it will take days before everything is up and running.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff It’s the second day of recovery as Mainers clean up from damage caused by Monday’s wind storm, including downed trees and massive flooding.

A wind and rain storm that left nearly 420,000 across Maine without power knocked out electricity across Piscataquis County and the surrounding areas Monday into Tuesday and beyond for some, forcing schools and businesses to close, and flooded many roads including some of the major travelways.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Gov.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The major snowmobile trail that connects Jay, Wilton and Farmington likely will not be fixed for this season of sledding, according to the head of the Maine Snowmobile Association.

PORTLAND — A new 2023 AARP Fraud Watch Network report is highlighting the ways criminals target consumers during the holiday season.

By Emily Bader, The Maine Monitor The Maine Recovery Council on Dec.

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BANGOR – After a week of intense weather across Maine, U.

There is little published research about Maine’s canids (red foxes, gray foxes, and coyotes).

Grade 12, highest honors: Lily Carr, Scott Chadbourne, Sophia Kopf, Izabelle Pizzo; high honors: Chad Bush, Zachariah Demmer, Emily Easler, Karson Tibbetts; honors: Emma Brasier, Benjamin Higgins, Summer Nesbit, Tim Van Der Heijden, Dominic Zeller.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff The ground may be covered in several inches of snow, but disease-carrying ticks are still active, the Maine CDC announced on Dec.

Piscataquis County commissioners decided Tuesday to cut $20,000 from the county’s largest funded nonprofit and override some of the budget committee’s decisions regarding two county departments.

Penquis and Blueberry Broadcasting have launched their annual Christmas is for Kids program.

By Patrick Whittle, The Associated Press The population of a beloved Maine bird, the common loon, dipped for the second straight year, but wildlife surveyors said they are heartened by an increased number of the bird’s chicks.

SANGERVILLE — Affectionately known as the “Doomstead,” a 16-acre property in Piscataquis County with a bunker, barn, and greenhouse is looking for its next homesteader.

GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community Elementary School students will demonstrate their skills as classes, groups, and individuals using their voices, instruments, and movement on two separate nights this holiday season.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers who are shopping for health insurance for themselves or their families should exercise caution.