PORTLAND — Continuing its mission of bringing joy to kids battling hunger or illness across the country, the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation distributed more than $3 million over the course of 2024 to support more than 100 nonprofit organizations operating across the Northeast region, including nearly $267,000 in Maine.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff It started out as a curiosity.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre for the Performing Arts has announced that it has opened a new escape room in their small theater called “The Lair of the Gamemaster”.

What: The 21st Annual Chocolate Festival in Greenville organized by Destination Moosehead Lake.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A federal judge on Feb.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension is hosting online informational sessions for adults interested in becoming Maine 4-H volunteers.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A 2023 train derailment in rural Somerset County that spilled 500 gallons of diesel fuel was caused by excessive water that flowed through a beaver dam and washed out part of the track, state officials said Wednesday, Feb.

GUILFORD — Facility committees from both SAD 4 and the Dexter-based SAD 46 will begin meeting to plan for the new regional comprehensive high school application through the Maine Department of Education.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The fourth annual Piscataquis Radar Runs start at 10 a.

GREENVILLE — The Greenville Planning Board is working to bring the town’s land use ordinance up to date by addressing a lack of guidelines and missing components in the document.

DOVER-FOXCROFT – Last June, Dover-Foxcroft voters rejected a referendum article concerning removal of the downtown Mayo Mill Dam on the Piscataquis River, meaning citizens were in favor of using tax money to fund studies, permits and repair costs for the structure.

AUGUSTA — Gov.

DEXTER — The Heart of Maine Resource Center announces a gift awarded by the Skowhegan Savings Charitable Foundation in the amount $50,000 to support the organization’s capital campaign for a new resource center.

GREENVILLE — Northern Light CA Dean Hospital is pleased to announce that Anthony Squeglia, Lileighanne Miller, and Amy Breton graduated from its recent certified nursing assistant training program.

On Valentine’s Day, we celebrate the many relationships in our lives.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H is offering its Ag Ambassador program in March and April.

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff The man Mainers call when they lose something below the surfaces of frozen lakes is having a very unusual year.

GREENVILLE — Several weeks after launching a campaign to purchase the Big Moose Mountain ski property, a local nonprofit is nearly a sixth of the way to its $5.