Observer photo/Stuart HedstromEVERYONE’S A WEINER – The seventh edition of the Maine Red Hot Dog Festival was held in downtown Dexter on Saturday, Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — SeDoMoCha has one or more schools that participate in Special Provision II.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers tired of relying on paid tax preparers will soon have a new free option, with the state saying it will opt in to the Internal Revenue Service’s Direct File system by next year.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On Saturday, Aug.

PARKMAN — The Parkman Grange awarded six SAD 4 area college students Minnie Welts Bridge Scholarships of $500, each, for the 2024-25 school year.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The next blacksmith demonstration will be held from 10 a.

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff The group that runs Greater Bangor’s meal delivery program for older residents is still facing a six-figure funding gap despite months of fundraising — and the waitlist for the service has only grown.

The Maine Community Foundation is accepting applications for its fall grant programs.

Bob Carey, superintendent of the Maine Bureau of Insurance, cautioned Maine residents to be  aware of salespeople offering “self-funded” health plans to individual consumers.

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MILO — Three weeks before students return to district buildings for the start of classes on Wednesday, Aug.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff You’re driving along the highway, minding your own business, when you whiz past the carcass of a dead deer.

AUBURN — Good Shepherd Food Bank of Maine recently welcomed five new board members to its board of directors including Whitney Gould-Cookson, MS, RD, LD, clinical dietitian at Northern Light Mayo Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft.

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DEXTER — The Maine Red Hot Festival will be back in downtown Dexter on Saturday, Aug.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Just over three weeks before the start of classes on Wednesday, Aug.