On the day five years ago that businesses all across Maine went dark due to COVID-19, the award-winning Finding Our Voices campaign breaking the silence of domestic abuse came to light.

BANGOR — Heart of Maine United Way announced that Versant Power and Versant employees surpassed their campaign goal, raising $129,837 for nonprofits in Maine.

The Children’s Summer Drama Camp, launched in 1999 before the Center Theatre building had even been renovated, is the theatre’s longest-standing program.

The red carpet was rolled out on the evening of March 3 as more than 1,000 credit union industry representatives gathered in the ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Washington, D.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A bill that would have eliminated year-round hunting of coyotes was voted ought-not-to-pass Monday afternoon, March 17 by the Legislature’s Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

By Jon Knepp, Thompson Free Library director of library services Thompson Free Library and the Dover Foxcroft Historical Society are proud to announce that our Sponsor the Observer campaign has been successfully completed thanks to the generosity of 34 individuals, organizations and businesses donating a total of $4,900.

GUILFORD — The Piscataquis Chamber of Commerce is pleased to partner with the Moosehead Lake Region Economic Development Corp and Eastern Maine Development Corp to bring the 2025 Piscataquis County Job Fair to Guilford this year.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine residences that have installed heat pumps are seeing up to 60 percent savings compared with fossil fuels on their average yearly energy bills, according to a new study released by a nonprofit energy efficiency group.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Careers in healthcare can be very rewarding, but sometimes, travel to a distant classroom and the cost of courses are barriers to completing training.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff The state of Maine is violating people’s Constitutional rights by not providing them lawyers in a timely fashion, a March 7 court ruling said.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Versant Power customers will see their monthly bills increase by about 8 percent.

By Kaitlyn Budoin, Maine Public A federal judge has denied Attorney General Aaron Frey’s request to reinstate Maine’s 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases while the case is appealed.

People who have received a chronic, life-altering or life-limiting diagnosis can live their best life with the help of Northern Light Palliative Care, and there have been recent changes in the delivery of palliative care.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Dover-Foxcroft Select Board will abandon plans to pursue hydropower at the Mayo Mill Dam and surrender its dam operating license, which could have cost $1.

GREENVILLE — The Greenville Planning Board is considering several zoning changes to allow some properties to be used for different purposes than are currently permitted.

MILLINOCKET — A federally qualified center serving the Katahdin Valley appears to have recently laid off some workers.

GREENVILLE — The Greenville Select Board last week approved a series of land use ordinance amendments that change how far away a structure must be from the property lines in certain sections of town.

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Although President Donald Trump held off on March 6 on an anticipated order to dismantle the U.