By Matt Junker, Bangor Daily News Sports Editor DEXTER — Dexter Regional High School athletics got some very exciting news on Sept.

GUILFORD — Several weeks after a proposed $9,531,320 SAD 4 budget for the 2025-26 academic year was voted down at the polls for a second time, a district budget meeting on a new spending plan has been scheduled for 7 p.

DEXTER — Dexter Regional High School has been named one of 25 finalist schools nationwide to receive a $25,000 prize through T-Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights program, a nationwide competition celebrating the power of high school football to bring communities together.

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s largest insurer leveled new accusations against one of the state’s largest health care systems just a week before their contract is set to expire.

By Matt Junker, Bangor Daily News Sports Editor The stage at Husson University’s Gracie Theatre in Bangor was the center of the Maine sports universe on Sunday, Sept.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis Environmental Education Collaborative has organized our third annual Green Jobs Fair for area middle school classes.

SANGERVILLE — With the position having been vacant for several months following a retirement, the town of Sangerville now has a new animal control officer and deputy.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — A 73-year-old man who was sentenced to 35 years in prison died at the Mountain View Correctional Facility on Monday.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff DEXTER — A victim on Monday night’s side-by-side rollover crash became combative with first responders in Dexter.

By Kim Brawn, Thompson Free Library October swings back and forth like a pendulum.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, The County Staff A recent surge in taxes on long-held generational lands and camps in the state’s unorganized territory threaten Mainers’ ability to hold on to cherished properties.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — More than 330 people gathered in Dover-Foxcroft on Saturday, Sept.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor On Sept.

Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom HALL OF FAMERS — Foxcroft Academy’s Athletic of Hall Class of 2025 inductees were recognized at halftime of the Sept.

GREENVILLE — A public hearing on Greenville’s upcoming referendum question on a community building will be held next month.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The GFWC/Miosac Club met Sept.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Public School Districts’ Opioid Recovery Trust on Sept.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff It’s an annual New England rite-of-passage: taking a drive through orange and red forests, snapping pictures and appreciating the show that the trees put on in the autumn.