MILO — When Penquis Valley School students return to class later in the month, they will have a safe walking route in place with the installation of a sidewalk along Penquis Drive off West Main Street.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The first full day of classes in RSU 68 will be Wednesday, Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — For nearly two years the Moosehead Regional Land Trust has been working to conserve and protect the headwaters of the Kennebec and Penobscot River watersheds and sustain the tradition of public access to land in the Moosehead Lake Region and beyond.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Sites are in the process of being secured for Piscataquis County’s $6.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — It wasn’t raining outside the Piscataquis County Ice Arena Friday night, July 31 but between periods of the Foxcroft Academy alumni hockey game, hundreds of bright yellow rubber ducks came flying through the air.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A $750 million contract for transportation services will stay with an out-of-state company, Maine’s highest court ruled.

By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff “The Maine Outdoors,” an outdoors radio show hosted by former Bangor Daily News Managing Editor V.

AUGUSTA – The Secretary of State’s Office announced that Maine voters may now request absentee ballots for the Nov.

Greenville police say an 83-year-old woman who was traveling from Maine to Florida has been found after being reported missing.

AUGUSTA— The Maine Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with the Office of Affordable Health Care, announced the release of $30 million in funding through Maine’s Rural Health Transformation Program to help strengthen the long-term financial health and sustainability of rural hospitals across Maine.

PORTLAND – The Maine Community Foundation announced it has been awarded a 2026 Civic Hub grant from the Trust for Civic Life, a national grantmaker supporting rural communities.

By Annie Rupertus, Bangor Daily News Staff Yolanda “Lannie” Moffatt will soon take the helm of Bangor Savings Bank, the largest bank based in Maine, as its 13th president and CEO.

By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff Greenville police say an 83-year-old woman who was traveling from Maine to Florida is missing.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District is partnering with the Sebec Lake Association, the Town of Dover-Foxcroft and Moosehead Regional Land Trust to host Ivonne Vazquez of Bas Rouge Farm for a hands-on Buffer Planting Workshop on Saturday, Aug.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor The operator of the McKay Station hydroelectric facility said water continued to flow into the West Branch of the Penobscot River during July 27’s turbine shutdown, meeting the minimum release requirements under its federal license.

RANDOLPH CENTER, Vermont — Vermont State University is pleased to recognize Maia Shahin of Guilford for earning a place on the president’s list for spring 2026.

The Transportation Assessment for Penobscot and Piscataquis Counties report was prepared by the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine in partnership with Eastern Maine Development Corporation.

AUGUSTA — University of Maine at Augusta Provost Joseph Szakas announces the spring 2026 full-time and part-time president’s lists and full-time and part-time dean’s lists.