By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News Staff Next year’s Penobscot County budget will require towns and cities to contribute 8 percent more to county operations due to rising costs and the need to keep salaries and benefits competitive.

By Andy Burt Water is sacred.

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Shenna Bellows spent much of her Tuesday before a computer screen, narrating a live stream of the ranked-choice count for a key Maine congressional race like a news anchor.

By Nancy Battick In my last column I discussed the differences between the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay Colony and the Pilgrims of Plymouth.

A pair of Foxcroft Academy cross country team members earned postseason recognition from the Penobscot Valley Conference.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff The majority of Versant Power customers who buy their home electricity through the state’s standard offer price will see a 40.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Adopters are still needed to help provide for families in need in the towns served by RSU 68 (Charleston, Dover-Foxcroft, Monson, and Sebec) through the annual initiative organized by the the Kiwanis Club of Dover-Foxcroft and the Dover-Foxcroft Congregational Church.

GREENVILLE — Food insecurity affects children’s health and development, and it’s a problem close to home: one in four kids in Piscataquis County doesn’t have enough to eat.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Nothing seemed unusual or urgent about the phone call requesting heating oil assistance, until just before an Aroostook County Action Program staff member hung up with the senior caller.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Highlands Council for the Arts is pleased to announce the return of the Fall Folk Festival, after a three-year hiatus, from 2-8 p.