By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Some 250,000 acres of Maine fir trees are at risk of defoliation from a moth that could cause millions of dollars of harm to the state’s economy if ignored, forestry experts said during a webinar Wednesday.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s experiment to reduce winter tick populations in the western half of Zone 4 has one year left, but likely won’t be extended beyond that, according to the state’s moose biologist.

AUGUSTA – Gov.

Piscataquis Hometown Holidays is an event families eagerly anticipate each year.

GUILFORD —  The annual Guilford Tree Lighting Ceremony will be at 5 p.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — SeDoMoCha’s second Student in the Spotlight assembly was held on Tuesday, Nov.

LEWISTON — Three touchdowns in as many trips to the red zone during the first half helped Wells High School jump out to a 21-0 lead and defeat Foxcroft Academy 34-0 in a battle of the unbeaten North and South top seeds for the Class D high school football state championship Saturday afternoon, Nov.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — For more than 25 years Modern Image Salon on Lincoln Street has served its clients, many of whom staff regard as family, and given back to the community.

HAMPDEN — A pair of third quarter touchdowns helped Foxcroft Academy break the game open and roll to a 27-7 win over Winslow High School in the Class D North football championship Saturday, Nov.

The Canadian Pacific Kansas City Holiday Train will roll into Maine on Friday, Nov.

MILO — Late last month Milo and Brownville officials held a public hearing on the possibility of merging the two neighboring communities’ recreation departments into a new Penquis Recreation Program.

GUILFORD — Six days before the SAD 4 Board of Directors regular monthly meeting on Nov.

HERMON — There was an air of familiarity to the 2024 8-player boys soccer state championship on the turf at Pottle Field at Hermon High School Saturday, Nov.

MILO — Rather than put approximately $133,300 of district funds toward startup costs and a site analysis, the SAD 41 Board of Directors has decided to discontinue its participation in the pursuit of a regional comprehensive high school project with several other area school districts.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Penquis is proud to announce the dedication of the Captain Miller House in honor of Richard M.

By Ernie Clark, Special to the Bangor Daily News HERMON — Two first-half goals by Reese Doucette and a stellar second-half effort on defense lifted top-ranked Fort Kent past previously undefeated Foxcroft Academy 2-1 at the Pottle Sports Complex on Wednesday evening, Nov.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The SeDoMoCha School’s first Student in the Spotlight assembly was held on Friday, Oct.

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, Houlton Pioneer Times Staff For 98 minutes, about 1,600 school kids, from Millinocket to Fort Fairfield, will be transported into the sometimes terrifying tale of the boy who survived alone in the harshest of Maine landscapes.