To the Editor; As a pastor, gun owner, selectman and multi-generational Mainer, I believe 2026 calls us to decide what kind of people we want to be.

To the Editor; On March 24, No Penobscot County Jail Expansion held a community classroom about the proposal for a larger jail in Penobscot County.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, The County Staff A roomful of fidgety second graders fell silent when wilderness author Tim Caverly started the ghostly tale of a 150-year-old lumberjacks’ boarding house along the Allagash Wilderness Waterway.

AUGUSTA — April is Financial Literacy Month and what better time to roll out new financial wellness resources.

By Gov.

MILLINOCKET — Millinocket Regional Hospital announced that Chief Executive Officer Dr.

By Sabrina Martin, Bangor Daily News Staff As black bears emerge this month from their winter hibernation — hungry and sometimes with cubs to feed — Mainers should take precautionary measures before they see bears or any evidence of bear activity, according to Caitlin Drasher, a black bear biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

GUILFORD — Valley Grange of Guilford is sponsoring a blanket-making event from 9 a.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Northern Light Mayo Hospital is pleased to announce a free showing of “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” at 3:30 p.

AUGUSTA — Gov.