DOVER-FOXCROFT — Owen Kennedy and Benjamin Foss will give a combined concert and contra dance on Saturday, Aug.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors Editor For the second time this summer, wildfire smoke from Canada has rolled into Maine, creating a gray haze that dulls the usual clarity of our summer skies and sends air quality readings into unhealthy territory.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Saturday night, Aug.

By Yasmeen Khan, The Maine Monitor Johnnie Walker, director of housing and shelter services at Partners for Peace, has worked at the domestic violence resource center for 25 years.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff The order of referendums on the November 2025 statewide ballot has been announced.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The hot weather Ten Cent Book Sale is in the air conditioned Thompson Free Library, 186 East Main St.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Foxcroft Academy graduates, community members and visitors to the region kicked off the Saturday of Foxcroft Academy Alumni Weekend on Aug.

By Matt Junker, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — Husson University has unveiled a new athletic director for the second time this year, with the Bangor school announcing that Chris Parsons will start in the role later this month.

By Bridget Quinn Social Security, the vital lifeline for tens of millions of Americans everywhere — including 369,221 in Maine — and used for housing, groceries, gas, and the other everyday necessities is about to mark its 90th birthday.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Battered by the wind and soaked by the rain, she thought the end had come for her atop Katahdin.