GREENVILLE — A full field of area golfers spent a memorable day at the beautiful Mount Kineo Golf Course on Aug.

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.

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

By Paul Koenig, Bangor Daily News Staff U.

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

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

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.

GUILFORD — On Monday, Aug.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff INDIAN PURCHASE TOWNSHIP — A New Hampshire man died Saturday, Aug.

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.

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

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.