By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Someone earning minimum wage needs to work 61 hours a week to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment in Maine.

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff A train engineer is suing Canadian Pacific Railway, saying the company should have known there was a high risk that tracks would be washed out before a train derailment in rural Maine nearly three years ago.

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GUILFORD — Organizers have released the schedule for this year’s Piscataquis River Festival on Saturday, July 26 with events at and around the downtown athletic fields on the banks of the river.

MILO — Though the 2024-2025 monthly meetings of Milo Garden Club have ended, plans for spring and summer events continue to grow.

Eastern Maine Development Corporation is pleased to announce the continued success of its Economic Recovery Implementation Hub program, having awarded  $1.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Hammond Lumber Co.

SANGERVILLE — A special town meeting to set the due date for Sangerville’s property taxes may be held at 6 p.

By Rose Lundy, The Maine Monitor A new law expands who is eligible for charity care in Maine while federal Medicaid cuts are expected to push tens of thousands off public insurance.

The Maine Community Foundation has launched two new grant programs: Land for Communities and the Maine Women’s Fund.

By Cameron Levasseur, The County Staff The banner across the website of Assured Solar Energy reads like a flash sale.

BROWNVILLE – Fidium, Maine’s best internet provider according to CNET, is expanding its all-fiber internet network in Brownville bringing symmetrical, multi-gig speed internet to more than 450 homes and businesses.

SANGERVILLE – The Town of Sangerville will be hosting a day of events during the second annual Two Knights Festival on Saturday, July 19.

By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Staff The Atlantic Salmon Federation recently named Nathan Wilbur as its next president.

MILO — The price for the new Milo Public Safety Building has been reduced by more than $900,000 to get within the $7.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Four enthusiastic direct care volunteers have completed the four-week training program and have entered the “ranks” of the Pine Tree Hospice corps of volunteer non-medical care providers.

By Annie Rupertus, Bangor Daily News Staff Despite seeming to be in free fall for months, Northern Light Health insists it’s not looking to sell its hospitals — and experts say the health care system can avoid that drastic step if it acts quickly.

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