By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, Houlton Pioneer Times Staff HOULTON — Layoffs at Katahdin Cedar Log Homes and increased consumer interest in building log homes in Aroostook County pushed Moosehead Cedar Log Homes to expand into Houlton, according to the Dover-Foxcroft company’s president.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — A proposal from the state to end bass fishing tournaments in northern Maine is drawing the ire of conservation groups.

By Jules Walkup, Bangor Daily News Staff LONG POND TOWNSHIP – Two people survived a Saturday morning collision on July 15 with a moose in Long Pond Township.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff The older I get, the more going off the grid for outdoor pursuits can be a little bit scary.

BANGOR — The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation granted $195,000 to 23 nonprofit organizations in Northern New England that are uplifting their communities.

By Paul Bagnell, The Star-Herald Staff Maine Public Broadcasting Corp.

To the Editor; Jared Golden’s vote for the National Defense Authorization Act was also a vote to make it more difficult for women in the military to obtain reproductive health care.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff It’s a steamy Wednesday afternoon and a cabin deep in the woods near Katahdin Iron Works is humming with activity as nine high school students prepare lunch.

Grade eight, high honors: Joanna Austie, Lili Bisson, Thomas Day Marion Deitz, Jadenne Frigon, Payson, Hall, Jenna Hartford, Samantha Kinney, Joseph Knapp, Madison Sands, Joshua Sinclair; honors: Lily Beauchemin, Teagan Conrad, Corey Goodwin, Kain Niland, Hailey Nutter, David Richards, Kaylyn Dorothy Sargent, Julia Smith, Kristin Thomas, Maddox Weidman, Hunter Whitten.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff ROCKWOOD — Maynard’s in Maine, a sportsmen’s camp in Rockwood that offers cabin rentals and family-style meals, is for sale for $3.