By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff New building codes took effect in Maine on Monday, April 7 are intended to improve health and safety while also cutting energy costs, according to state officials.

By Zara Norman, Bangor Daily News Staff When Dolly Perkins was a young real estate agent, Mainers could easily find an affordable home that came with hundreds of acres.

By Sarah Alexander and Justin Strasburger There is no doubt that just two months into the new administration, decisions made from a distance in Washington, D.

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GREENVILLE — An ecumenical service of tenebrae will be held Monday evening at 7 p.

By Wendy Watkins, Bangor Daily News Staff CHARLESTON — Firefighters from several towns battled a house fire early Sunday morning, April 6 in Charleston.

PARKMAN — Are you interested in learning the skill of topworking fruit trees? Perhaps you want to know what topworking even is! The Piscataquis County Soil and Water Conservation District in partnership with CJ Walke of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association are providing a hands-on fruit tree topworking workshop from 10 a.

Jasper Makowski of Dover-Foxcroft was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at the University of Maine.

By Larry Mahoney, Bangor Daily News Staff The high school basketball reclassification proposal from the Maine Principals’ Association was approved by MPA membership in a vote on April 3.

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