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SAD 46 directors approve $16.6M budget

DEXTER — The SAD 46 School Board approved a proposed $16,653,368 budget for the 2025-26 academic year during a meeting at the Ridge View Community School on May 7.

Rumors of a wealthy landowner swirl after hiking land closes near Moosehead Lake

By Zara Norman, Bangor Daily News Staff Rumors of a super-wealthy landowner are circulating after a newcomer closed a prime piece of hiking land along Moosehead Lake and began building a large waterfront home.

Northern Light Health champions Mental Health Awareness Month

This May Northern Light Health joins the national movement to raise awareness about mental health and promote mental and emotional wellness during Mental Health Awareness Month.

Susan Collins presses Trump officials on illegal marijuana grow houses

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff U.

Harrigan Learning Center and Museum opening for the season

MILO — On Sunday May 18 the Harrigan Learning Center and Museum will be opening for the season.

Emergency radio system RFP being finalized

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The committee working on the project to improve the Piscataquis County emergency radio system is getting ready to finalize the request for proposals, County Manager Mike Williams told the county commissioners during a meeting on Tuesday morning.

Paul LePage moves from Florida to Augusta to run his next campaign

By Bill Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Former Gov.

With new techniques, Maine landowners shape forests for maximum carbon storage

By Jan DeBlieu, The Maine Monitor Steve Tatko squatted next to the cut end of a red spruce trunk lying in a stack with other felled trees.

Maine counties and municipalities have spent about $7M of their opioid settlement funds

By Emily Bader, The Maine Monitor The counties and municipalities that receive a direct share of the settlement funds from opioid manufacturers, distributors and retailers have spent less than half of the money paid out so far, a Maine Monitor survey found.

Pine Tree Hospice hosts 29th Annual Variety Show

DOVER-FOXCROFT — On a rainy, dreary Saturday in April, the volunteers of Pine Tree Hospice presented the group’s 29th Variety Show and created a little sunshine at the Center Theatre for the 100 attendees.

‘Oklahoma!’, biggest show at Center Theatre in years

DOVER-FOXCROFT – The Center Theatre for the Performing Arts is producing Rogers and Hammerstein’s classic musical “Oklahoma!” According to Patrick Myers, the Center Theatre’s executive director, it will be the biggest musical at the theatre in years.

A big lake trout stole a Maine teen’s rod. He caught the fish anyway.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff ROCKWOOD — Camden Jewell of Skowhegan, who turned 17 on May 2, almost lost two rods and his big fish.

Paul LePage files to run for Maine’s swing 2nd District

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — Former Gov.

Northern Light Health gets $49M payback for pandemic care

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Northern Light Health will get $49 million in delayed reimbursement for its COVID-19 pandemic response, U.

BDN and The Maine Monitor launch news partnership

By Jo Easton, Bangor Daily News Staff The Bangor Daily News and The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, the nonprofit publisher of The Maine Monitor, are launching a new partnership to strengthen journalism for Maine.

Maine asks for a break on Real IDs that most residents don’t have

By Ethan Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine officials are asking federal authorities for leniency on the upcoming Real ID requirements after finding that fewer than half of travelers at the state’s largest airport had the updated identification.

Rayfield inducted into Sigma Beta Delta International Honor Society

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — St.

Town of Sangerville is ‘on the move’

SANGERVILLE — “Sangerville is on the move.

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