By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff Calvin Klopp of Gray knows that ice fishing requires skill and experience, but it never hurts to have a little luck on your side.

By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff Penobscot County has hired a lobbyist to work behind the scenes at the State House to push for state funding of a new jail and more deputies — services usually primarily funded by county governments — highlighting the challenges that the county views as most dire.

The Maine Community Foundation is currently accepting applications for the Lydia R.

MILO — To celebrate Milo’s 200th birthday the Three Rivers Kiwanis will be hosting a scavenger hunt Saturday, April 15 from 10 a.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover Low Vision group will be meeting at the Central Hall Commons, 152 East Main Street, from 10-11:30 a.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Music! ance! Talent! Pine Tree Hospice’s 27th annual Variety Show is coming up! Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 22 at 2 pm at the Center Theatre.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The SeDoMoCha School recognized the March Students in the Spotlight at a recent assembly.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff After 54 years in operation, an Orono-based search and rescue nonprofit organization will close at the end of November due its dwindling and aging membership.

By Pete Warner, Bangor Daily News Staff The adaptive unit moose hunt would be expanded to three segments of two weeks apiece this year under a proposal introduced Tuesday by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

By Matthew Gagnon Two years ago, when the Democrats decided to push through a partisan budget, Republicans were incensed.