By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff A new twist on an ancient agricultural practice is playing out at farms throughout Maine and the nation.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Next spring tulips will rise from a small garden next to the sidewalk on West Main Street, just a few steps away from Foxcroft Academy.

By Emily Bader, The Maine Monitor The Maine Recovery Council on Nov.

By Sasha Ray, Bangor Daily News Staff SEARSPORT — After two months of renovations, the new owners of Searsport’s longtime grocery store are finally getting ready to reopen for business.

AUGUSTA – The Governor’s Cabinet on Aging announced the award of nearly 40 grants to Lifelong Maine’s Age-Friendly Communities statewide as part of the Community Connections program.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff Hannaford on Nov.

Eastern Maine Development Corporation and the Maine Dairy Industry Association have joined forces to support the vitality of Maine’s dairy industry.

GREENVILLE — Per a recommendation from the code enforcement officer and the planning board, the Greenville Select Board approved four changes to land use ordinance permit fees during a Nov.

GREENVILLE — Currently Greenville Grinds Coffee Shoppe owner Lindsey Botello rents at the 3 Lakeview Street   location.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — A preliminary concept design of traffic and mobility improvements for downtown Dover-Foxcroft has been completed for the Villages Partnership Initiative Project by Gorrill Palmer with input from the Maine Department of Transportation.

FAIRFIELD — Northern Maine Community College, in partnership with the Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast, is proud to announce the graduation of 10 students from the 2024 Mechanized Logging Operations & Forest Trucking program.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The first leg of an 84-mile mountain bike trail was built near Monson in Piscataquis County over the summer.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The gun rights group that filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Maine law requiring a 72-hour waiting period after purchasing a gun hopes the case makes it all the way to the U.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The respective finances can still be adjusted if needed over the next few weeks, but both the projected 2025 Piscataquis County budget and 2025-26 Unorganized Territory budget would rise from the current spending plan amounts.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — For more than 25 years Modern Image Salon on Lincoln Street has served its clients, many of whom staff regard as family, and given back to the community.

Contributed photoFOOD CENTER DONATION — On Nov.

MONSON — To address the growing need for therapy care close to home, Northern Light CA Dean Hospital announces the addition of speech therapy and pediatric occupational therapy services to the Northern Light Health Center in Monson.

By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff The Hannaford website and app are back online after a weekslong outage curtailed orders.