By Rosemary Lausier, Bangor Daily News Staff This story will be updated.

By David Marino Jr.

By Penobscot County Sheriff Troy Morton If you live in a rural area of Maine, most likely, your neighbors, family and community are the most important part of your lives.

MILO — The Milo Ecumenical Food Cupboard is open for curbside pickup on the first four Thursdays of the month from 10 a.

By The Associated Press AUGUSTA — There’s a partisan divide among state lawmakers over social media posts of the law enforcement officer in charge of State House security who, among other things, questioned the outcome of the presidential election.

By Ernie Clark, Bangor Daily News Staff The move by the Maine Principals’ Association and officials at several state agencies to allow schools in “yellow” counties to participate in interscholastic athletics and other school-based activities finally represents an alignment of those programs and private, youth-based entities.

Composite image courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolSTUDENTS OF THE MONTH — Dexter Regional High School is pleased to announce the December Students of the Month as selected by the faculty and staff.

By Rosemary Lausier, Bangor Daily News Staff This story will be updated.

By BDN Editorial Board The Piscataquis County commissioners — James White, Andrew Torbett and Wayne Erkkinen — recently passed a “resolution of protest” decrying actions taken by Gov.

To the Editor; This autumn I watched a pickup careen down my street so fast the driver missed their turn, plowed through my mother-in-law’s yard and came within two feet of my son’s sandbox.