SANGERVILLE —  “Sangerville is on the move.

GUILFORD — Plans are well underway for the 2025 Piscataquis River Festival in Guilford.

GREENVILLE — Learning a new dance routine or gliding around the room on a scooter board may sound like child’s play, but at Northern Light CA Dean Hospital these activities are more than pastimes for kids — they’re empowering some of the hospital’s smallest patients to overcome their biggest challenges.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Businesses that offer rentals of floating houses moored off their docks or in front of their companies were the only ones who opposed a bill that would ban floating camps on Maine’s waters during a legislative hearing on April 30.

In honor of Screen Free Week May 5-11, UScellular is encouraging everyone to take a break from their devices and reset their relationship with technology.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Dover-Foxcroft Interim Town Manager Alsina Brenenstuhl now has the temporary title removed.

There are no cures for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, but groundbreaking research happening in Maine and beyond is enhancing our understanding of these conditions and improving diagnosis and treatment options.

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DOVER-FOXCROFT — Voters will decide the future of the Mayo Mill Dam and its associated costs when they go to the polls on Tuesday, June 10 to cast ballots on the Dover-Foxcroft referendum ballot.

By Peter McGuire, Maine Public Efficiency Maine has a new three-year plan to continue the state’s push to reduce energy use from homes and businesses.

GUILFORD — Valley Grange in Guilford has announced the annual Celebration of Community, which will take place on Friday, May 16 at the Grange Hall.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff The Maine home market is taking a turn decidedly in buyers’ favor, with home sales and prices falling.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A new bill before the Legislature would ban floating camps and other nonwater-dependent structures from Maine’s inland or coastal waters.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Thompson Free Library is proud to announce it has contracted with Sundog Solar to install a solar energy system on its roof, marking a significant step forward in the library’s commitment to sustainability, cost-efficiency and environmental stewardship.

GUILFORD — When water goes down the drain or is flushed down the toilet, where exactly does it go and what happens to the liquid? Piscataquis Community Elementary School fifth-graders have been learning about wastewater and the students got to see firsthand with an April 17 field trip to the Guilford Sangerville Utilities District treatment center off Route 15.

GREENVILLE — The Greenville Select Board is supporting a local nonprofit’s efforts to purchase the 1,700-acre Big Moose Mountain property.

ORONO — In 2024, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab processed 4,776 tick submissions including samples from 398 towns, representing all of Maine’s 16 counties.

By Ian DeBlieu, The Maine Monitor From the summit of Katahdin, the view is of forests stretching in all directions, broken only by the western lakes, the alpine tundra of the Tablelands, and the rocky peaks of surrounding mountains: Woodlands as far as the eye can see.