MONSON — Before Horisun Antunee arrived in Monson, he wasn’t convinced that he could call himself a writer.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff A Bath man convicted of trying to kill a Shirley woman as she was preparing to feed animals in her barn more than three years ago claims a Superior Court justice incorrectly concluded that he was sane when he committed his crimes.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – On Wednesday, Sept.

By Aislinn Sarnacki The previous night’s rain beaded on fern fronds along the trail.

GREENVILLE — Northern Light CA Dean Hospital encourages the community to join in two opportunities to celebrate the structural completion of the Moosehead Lake Region’s new hospital.

DEXTER — A rivalry will be set aside for the good of the student-athletes as Central High School in Corinth field hockey players will have the opportunity to suit up for the Dexter Regional High School Tigers this fall.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff John Templin Jr.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A Dover-Foxcroft Select Board member questioned during Monday’s meeting whether Central Hall Commons has met its intended use of the building as outlined in its lease agreement with the town.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff The majestic moose is the animal most often associated with the state of Maine.

Grand opening and ribbon cutting Aug.

DEXTER — A husband and wife team that runs a cattle farm and day care in Dover-Foxcroft is investing in downtown Dexter with their new business — a combined meat market and cafe.

Skowhegan Savings is pleased to announce the promotion of Amanda Bell to community banker in the bank’s eastern, central, and northern Maine markets.

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff This question came to me from the Bangor Daily News’ new director of news and audience, Dan Dinsmore, who wanted to know why there’s a place in Aroostook County called North Yarmouth Academy Grant Township, which is really quite an odd name for a town.

CORINTH – Two months after Corinth residents narrowly voted to allow licensed businesses to sell alcohol every day but Sunday, breaking Corinth’s decades-long trend of being a dry town, a handful of local businesses have already jumped at the chance to add alcoholic beverages to their offerings.

School Year 2023 free and reduced-price meal benefit applications are available for families  with students enrolled in Foxcroft Academy which is participating in the National School Lunch  Program (NSLP).

Throughout Piscataquis County and parts of Penobscot and Somerset, Pine Tree Hospice volunteers are quietly serving the non-medical needs of people in their homes and in long-term facilities.

AUGUSTA – The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Maine Forest Service has entered into administrative settlement agreements with landowner Ames Family Land Company, LLC and S.

By Susan Sharon, Maine Public A Maine law requiring medical marijuana dispensaries to be owned by Maine residents has been struck down by the First Circuit Court of Appeals.