By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine has a small population and a part-time Legislature, but state leaders and lawmakers have plenty of big problems to tackle in 2025.

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By Matthew Gagnon Every year since 2011, I have closed out the year by making bold predictions for the year that follows, and this year will be no different.

Maine’s only mobile mammography unit is about to achieve another new milestone: walk-in screenings offered to all women, without an appointment.

By Ethan Andrew, Bangor Daily News Staff ATKINSON — A barn was destroyed and an attached house is likely to be a total loss after a fire early Wednesday morning, Jan.

Health, money, personal relationships and work top the list of New Year’s resolutions according to a 2024 Pew Research study.

Recurring Events Mondays DEXTER: The Abbott Museum is open 10 a.

Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High SchoolCHRISTMAS FOOD BOXES — Early on the morning of Dec.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Nearly 5,000 households in Piscataquis County were without power on Monday afternoon.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff More than a year after a leaked federal government memo connected illegal marijuana grow houses in Maine to Chinese organized crime, “well below” 100 such properties are believed to be left in the state, according to the U.