By Kathleen Tomaselli, Houlton Pioneer Times Staff An endangered species may be rebounding in the bat caves of Maine, state biologists said.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine home sales remained lower than a year ago as buyers continued to face increasing mortgage rates and a low for-sale inventory.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Maine Highlands Council for the Arts presents their own Hunt and Allison Smith in concert from 4-6 p.

CAMDEN — Camden National Bank was named to Forbes 2023 World’s Best Banks List for the third consecutive year, ranking in the top 20 of U.

DEXTER — On Friday, April 14, Dexter Regional High School students took time to recharge, connect with peers and staff, and learn about the resources available to them at a Mental Health Day coordinated by the school’s Positive Action Team.

In what may be the most visible indicator of how far we have come in the response and management of COVID-19, Northern Light Health is ending the universal masking policy statewide.

SANGERVILLE — Earlier this year Gordon Contracting of Sangerville was awarded a $17.

Northern Light Health is committed to being a sustainable organization that aims to reduce our contribution to climate change.

FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington is excited to announce the Spring 2023 Michael Wilson Scholars.

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

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Piscataquis Regional Food Center, home of the Dover-Foxcroft Area Food Center, teamed up with Northern Light Mayo Hospital on Tuesday to provide free blood pressure screenings for Food Center shoppers.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Anah Shriners will be holding no cost screening clinics to any child that is in need of care in the following areas: Scoliosis, burn care, Spina Bifida, orthopedics, Cerebral Palsy, cleft lip/palate, pediatric surgery, spinal cord injury, sports injuries/fractures and more.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Get ready to dance with the finest kind at the next contra dance in Dover-Foxcroft from 7-10 p.

Grand opening/ribbon cutting on Thursday MILO — On April 13 GreenLife, a new recreational cannabis dispensary located at 19 Park Street, opened its doors.

SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan Savings held its 153rd annual corporators meeting last week reporting assets of $775 million, after originating 1,600 loans for $134 million in 2022.

By Manyun Zou and David Dahl, The Maine Monitor Your Data Monitor correspondents have written about the influx of new residents to Maine a few times in the past several months, but a new set of Census Bureau data caught our attention.

Maine’s third attempt at a rural regional high school is in jeopardy if the four districts involved cannot get state help to pay for an engineering study.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s top vacation areas, including Bethel and Rangeley, are seeing strong demand for second homes, bucking a national trend showing a dramatic drop in purchases.