By Annie Rupertus, Bangor Daily News Staff After finding out that Northern Light may cut ties with her health insurance provider, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Eliza Watson isn’t sure if she’ll be able to stay with the doctors that have been with her through eight months of cancer treatment.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Operations at the Piscataquis County Jail were not dangerous and there was not a crisis when the state briefly ceased operations and threatened to close the facility, the sheriff said on Sept.

CHARLESTON — Less than a week after students returned to the building for the start of the new school year, RSU 68 officials heard about the start of classes from district administrators during a meeting Tuesday evening at the Charleston town office.

By Susan Sharon, Maine Public People who are incarcerated are paid notoriously low wages for kitchen, laundry work and maintenance.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff Police in Maine must be sure someone has waived their constitutional rights to a lawyer before continuing to question them, the state’s highest court ruled.

GUILFORD — Friends of Community Fitness is pleased to announce it has received a $2,000  grant from the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation to support its 2025 Fall Foliage Tour.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Several days before the first meeting of the budget committee on Thursday Sept.

By Annie Rupertus, Bangor Daily News Staff A monthslong, public dispute between one of Maine’s largest health care providers and one of the country’s largest insurance companies has left tens of thousands of patients in limbo as a Sept.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor Bud Utecht is a registered Maine guide in the North Maine woods where he has several bait sites for hunting bears.

WATERVILLE — Thomas College announces it has raised over $3 million dollars within the last 18 months for the Laurie Lachance Leadership Fund to support college-bound Maine students.

By Aislinn Sarnacki Sometimes I’m drawn to a mountain simply because it has a cool name.

SANGERVILLE — The town of Sangerville and Piscataquis County Economic Development Council are working with Two Knights Brewing Company to help the business secure a $100,000 State of Maine Community Development Block Grant economic development program grant.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, The County Staff U.

PORTLAND — September is National Preparedness Month and the American Red Cross of Northern New England urges everyone to protect their loved ones by getting their households ready now.

PARKMAN — The Parkman Grange awarded two SAD 4-area college students Minnie Welts Bridge Scholarships of $500 each for the 2025-26 school year.

The Executive Committee of the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council is seeking nominations for the annual Warren “Pete” Myrick Community Service Award, to be presented at the annual meeting of PCEDC on Monday, Oct.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — A 63-year-old man who was sentenced to 30 years in prison died at the Mountain View Correctional Facility on Aug.

By Yasmeen Khan, The Maine Monitor Jane, a pseudonym The Maine Monitor is using to protect her identity, was the breadwinner of the family, but her husband obsessively monitored their finances.